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Relative Clause and relative pronouns for creatures (URGENT!)?
1.We know that "whose" is for possessive adjectives of persons.
2.What is the possessive adjective for things (non-living things and living things)?
3. Can anyone answer about the use of "whose" in the relative clause?

Please give examples for questions 1,2,3.

p.s. : I want to know more about the use of whose and the relative pronouns of non-living things and living things. Thanks

2007-03-06 01:22:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

5 answers

I always put "of which" for non-humans.

The cats, of which two were Siamese, filled the living room.
The examples I could give, of which these are only a couple, could fill this page.

Whose:
The man whose book I had borrowed demanded it back.

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/rel4.cfm

2007-03-06 01:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0 1

You can still use 'whose' for an animal or an inanimate object..eg:
The dog whose puppies were sold for £2000.
The book whose pages were ripped.

2007-03-06 03:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It depends on whether the non-human creatures are named or known. If you had 2 cats which had different coloured eating bowls. "My cats have different coloured bowls. Bill has a red bowl and my other cat, whose bowl is blue, is called Ben."

2007-03-06 01:36:36 · answer #3 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 0 0

2. "its" for non-living things: "I am reading this book and ´its´ title is..." or maybe "which": I have a beautiful little stone ´which´ is very dear to me."

3. "I know of a person ´whose´ name is Jane."

2007-03-06 01:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by pihlajahaltia 2 · 0 1

I believe you would use "which" for things. Example: The window, which opens only from the inside, is locked.

2007-03-06 01:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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