Questions tagged [whose]
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Whose content or which content
"A pertinent way to analyze this broad phenomenon is to subdivide its analysis in three sections which content is partly based on the updated findings...".
Until this passage, I was 100% sure that in this case I had to use whose instead of which.
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Possessive of "which"
Is it possible to use whose as the possessive form of which?
Based on classic films -- whose screenplays were mostly dramatic --
Bordwell exposed his theory of the hero.
Is that correct?
user116664
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"Whose" but not in reference to humans
I want to write "Hall thrusters are propulsion devices whose power spans from 0.1 to 20 kW."
I am not sure about "whose" part, because it feels like it's supposed to be used only when talking about humans (am I right?).
So is there any other word…
Andrej
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What does 'whose' mean in this sentence?
Nimzowitsch did not write a simple handbook of opening lines, but a manual of chess. The opinions, ideas, and generalisations that he describes gave rise to a true revolution, whose consequences we can correctly evaluate today.
I can't understand…
dohyung200
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Correct usage of "whose"?
I was wondering if it is correct to repeat "whose" after "and"? More precisely, assume I want do describe an object, say a chair of width 50cm and height 1 meter. Then which of the following is correct:
This is a chair whose width is 50cm and whose…
MikeL
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Whose + article
Why does 'whose' no longer precede an article? If 'whose' is equivalent to 'of which', it should be allowed to, should it not ?
Jasma
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