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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The possessive relative pronoun "of which"

1. I saw the mountain of which the top was covered with snow.
2. I saw the top of which the mountain is near my house.

I'd like to know if both "the mountain of which the top" and "the top of which the mountain" mean "the mountain's top."
  

Top answer

#1 is too awkward to live, but it means what you said. #2 is not possible at all and is meaningless besides. If you wish to express such, we use 'whose' for virtually everything: I saw the mountain whose top was covered with snow.

— Mister Micawber

  • #1 is too awkward to live, but it means what you said.
  • #2 is not possible at all and is meaningless besides.
  • If you wish to express such, we use 'whose' for virtually everything: I saw the mountain whose top was covered with snow.
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#1 is too awkward to live, but it means what you said.
#2 is not possible at all and is meaningless besides.

If you wish to express such, we use 'whose' for virtually everything: I saw the mountain whose top was covered with snow.
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I'm so sorry for my tardy question and poor grammar skill.Emotion: sad
But I was wondering if in #1, what was covered with snow is the mountai
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