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Drawer Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
whose?
"The school, whose / where parents leave their children, isn't open till next Sunday."
Hello, "where" sounds better. But why not whose?
Hello, "where" sounds better. But why not whose?
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If you used whose, the sentence would mean that the school has parents who leave their children, which is nonsense. You don’t need to include where parents leave their children . Just say The school won’t be open till/until next Sunday.
- If you used whose, the sentence would mean that the school has parents who leave their children, which is nonsense.
- You don’t need to include where parents leave their children .
- Just say The school won’t be open till/until next Sunday.
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If you used whose, the sentence would mean that the school has parents who leave their children, which is nonsense.
You don’t need to include where parents leave their children. Just say The school won’t be open till/until next Sunday.
You don’t need to include where parents leave their children. Just say The school won’t be open till/until next Sunday.
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drawerBut why not whose?Because schools normally do not have parents.
The structure A, whose B... indicates that B is possessed by A, or that A has B.
- My wife, whose sister has been showing the same symptoms, etc
This sentence idicates that my wife has a sister and this sister has been
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