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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
WHOSE
Can is be used with things or objects?
Like in this example: 'The song in whose video-clip there's a clown crying' ? Or should've I used WHICH there, instead?
Like in this example: 'The song in whose video-clip there's a clown crying' ? Or should've I used WHICH there, instead?
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Yes, "whose" can be used that way with inanimates.
- Yes, "whose" can be used that way with inanimates.
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I'd say that the more natural tendency would be to choose .
1. The song in the video-clip where there's a clown crying?
2. The song in the video-clip in which there's a clown crying?
Number 2 is certainly okay. It's a more formal construction.
1. The song in the video-clip where there's a clown crying?
2. The song in the video-clip in which there's a clown crying?
Number 2 is certainly okay. It's a more formal construction.
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You could even say, "the song from the video clip with the clown crying" or "the song from the video clip with the crying clown".
I even know someone who says (non-standard) "the song that its video clip has a clown crying".
CJ
I even know someone who says (non-standard) "the song that its video clip has a clown crying".
CJ
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