Can you use relative pronoun whose for the names of things? ex: My mum works in a bookstore whose name is....?

Question

And can you say which name is.... or the name of which....

Answer 1

Whose is used to refer to the same nouns for which you would use who--that is, people. A bookstore would be which or that. And, you could say, My mum works in a bookstore named.... or My mum works in a bookstore with the name of .... or, My mum works in a bookstore, named ..... Makes you tired for your poor mum, doesn't it, all that work!

Answer 2

Whose is sometimes used in place of the usual "of which", but it is often better to use a different construction. So, it would be better to reword your phrase to read: my mum works in a bookstore, the name of which is ....

Answer 3

whose makes the bookstore sound alive to me. I'd use "that"

Answer 4

i doubt which name is is acceptable. but name of which is acceptable, just that it is in a formal tone

Answer 5

Yes. Whose is the possessive (genitive) form of both who and which. English has not distinct words for both cases, as some few languages do. You can find this use way back to Milton and Shakespeare, so do not be ashamed to use whose with inanimate things. People who like to prohibit such use are the ones who like to display knowledge about something they do not really know.