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Nokia88 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"whose" vs "its"

0(This was one of my exam questions - I didn't get the right answer)02br
01b01font00Not far from the school there was a small house, ____ owner seated in it reading story book with his children every evening.02font00 02b02br
01font00(A):whose (B): its02br
02font01b00My teacher told me the correct answer was (B): its02br
02b00What's wrong with (A)? I thought I can use "whose" to construct sentence like this one.02br
01font00Your advice will be very much appreciated!02font0-
  

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02font 00 02b 02br 01font 00(A):whose (B): its02br 02font 01b 00My teacher told me the correct answer was (B): its02br 02b 00What's wrong with (A)? 02b 02i 02font 01b 00 02b 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 00In the sentence02font 00 01font 01b 00Not far from the school there was a small house, 02b 01i 01b 00its owner seated in it reading 01font 00a 02font 00story book with his children every evening,02b 00 02i 02font 01font 00the part in italics is not a clause but instead is an adjectival phrase that requires 'its'. Actually, it's not a very good phrase because it is too long.

— Clive

  • 02font 00 02b 02br 01font 00(A):whose (B): its02br 02font 01b 00My teacher told me the correct answer was (B): its02br 02b 00What's wrong with (A)?
  • 02b 02i 02font 01b 00 02b 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 00In the sentence02font 00 01font 01b 00Not far from the school there was a small house, 02b 01i 01b 00its owner seated in it reading 01font 00a 02font 00story book with his children every evening,02b 00 02i 02font 01font 00the part in italics is not a clause but instead is an adjectival phrase that requires 'its'.
  • Actually, it's not a very good phrase because it is too long.
  • The version with a relative clause is much better.
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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01b01font00Not far from the school there was a small house, __ owner seated in it reading story book with his children every evening.02font00 02b02br
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1b01font00Big Thanks to Clive!02font02b0-
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