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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

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Hi
Please tell me if this sentence is OK.

I am entitled to travel home for summer vacation in June 2015 with the air ticket whose cost is borne by the company.
  

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I would like to extend this question. Should it be I am entitled to travel home for summer vacation in June 2015 with the air ticket, the cost of which is borne by the company or can this sentence be said like I have written here as well? Thank you.

  • I would like to extend this question.
  • Should it be I am entitled to travel home for summer vacation in June 2015 with the air ticket, the cost of which is borne by the company or can this sentence be said like I have written here as well?
  • Thank you.
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I would like to extend this question. Should it be I am entitled to travel home for summer vacation in June 2015 with the air ticket, the cost of which is borne by the company or can this sentence be said like I have written here as well? Thank you.
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Hi Anonymous
Let us wait for a native speaker answer the question.
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vsureshI am entitled to travel home for summer vacation in June 2015 with the an air ticket whose cost is borne by the company.
You can use "the" if you have a specific ticket in mind. This would almost certainly be a ticket which has already been purchased. Otherwise, if the ticket is to be purchased at a later
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AnonymousI am entitled to travel home for summer vacation in June 2015 with the an air ticket, the cost of which is borne by the company.
See my previous post regarding "the" and "an". In my view, your comma is not necessary, but not objectionable either.

Your sentence has the same meaning as the one pos
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Thank you. I would like to ask something about "whose" and "of which". Can we use "whose" for things in relative clauses? For example, can I say "I saw a car whose steering was different" and "I saw a car the steering of which was different" in the same meaning? Thank you.
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AnonymousCan we use "whose" for things in relative clauses?
Yes. It contains the letters 'w', 'h', 'o', which makes it seem to apply only to people. For this reason, you will sometimes hear the advice that the word 'whose' should not be used for things. That's not true. You canuse 'whose' for things.
vsureshcan I say "I saw a
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Thank you. If I am not bothering you, I would like to ask something again. Are the sentences below correct grammatically? A reply will be so helpful to me. Thank you.

I saw a car whose steering's shape was different.
I saw a car the shape of whose steering was different.
I saw a car the shape of the steering of which was different.

I saw a car whose steering I don't like.
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AnonymousAre the sentences below correct grammatically?
Grammatically, yes — all but the last one, which is not possible.
Of course, stylistically, some are difficult to follow, so it's not advisable to use them.
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
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