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Hi,Which one is correct? "The book, the subject of which is B, is good for reading.or"The book which its subject is B, is good for reading"Regards, Mansooreh

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

The book, the subject of which is B, is good for reading.

Grace · Answer

The former.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi,
What's wrong with the latter?!
Regards, Mansooreh

Sokee · Answer

The book, the subject of which is B, is good for reading.

BarbaraPA · Answer

AnonymousHi,

What's wrong with the latter?!

Regards, Mansooreh

Which can't function here. You can say "whose" instead. The book, whose subject is X, is...

Anonymous · Answer

Hi,

Thanks.

Which one is better:

"The book, the subject of which is B, is good for reading" or

"The book whose subject is B, is good for reading"

Best Regards, Mansooreh

BarbaraPA · Answer

A few questions/comments.

What does "good for reading" mean to you? Does it mean that it's a good choice to read if you want to learn more about B? Does it mean it's enjoyable to read?

We use the phrase "a good read" to describe a book that is a pleasure to read.

"Good for reading" doesn't sound very natural to me. Reading is what you do to books - so unless your plan was to use it to shore up the leg of a wobbly table, that's what you would do with it, regardless of the subject matter.

Do you want to say you should read it, and "by the way" the subject is B? f so, the first case, "the subject of which is B" or "whose subject is B" are both additional information and should be set off by commas. "The subject of which" sound more formal. Most natural is "which is about B."

Or do you want to call out the book about B (compared to the books about A or C) as being better? If so, the first one does work. The second one should not have that second comma. Better would be "The book on B is a good read."

Anonymous · Answer

Hi,
Thank you very much for your detailed explanations.
I meant the second one.

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