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Darya94 Posted 5 years ago
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Whose

Hello! Can you help me, please?

We are the first independent university in the contemporary history of Russia, whose creation in 1991 was the challenge of the times.

Can "whose" be used like this?

  

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Darya94 Can "whose" be used like this? Yes. whose has the word who in it, but it's not restricted to use with people.

  • Darya94 Can "whose" be used like this?
  • Yes.
  • whose has the word who in it, but it's not restricted to use with people.
  • With people: the man whose arm was broken With other things: the car whose tires were flat Both are correct.
  • CJ
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Darya94Can "whose" be used like this?

Yes. whose has the word who in it, but it's not restricted to use with people.

With people: the man whose arm was broken
With other things: the car whose tires were flat

Both are correct.

CJ

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