Use of "which" in a sample phrase

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Sampling was mainly random, with the exception of some services which indexes, calculated with the Triadas method, were not satisfactory

The indices belong to the services.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '12 at 18:21

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No. Whose is the word required, not which:

Sampling was mainly random, with the exception of some services whose indexes, calculated with the Triadas method, were not satisfactory.

answered Mar 20 '12 at 18:21

Daniel

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '12 at 02:22

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"Which," here, indicates that the indices were services. "Whose" is possessive.

answered Mar 21 '12 at 02:22

htoip

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