So in conclusion, it seems to me that those two sentenses are both fine in terms of grammar and colloquialism as well, and what so called "structural weight" is may be negligible when we simply focus on the meaning itself.
(I thought the sentense like "Whose is this/that+Noun" was only seen in novels or the bible...)
Thanks a lot anyway.
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Originally Posted by Casiopea Additionally,
That it's awkward in comparison to "Whose book is that?" may have to do with structural weight. Add in "book" and the sentence's structural "weight" is no longer even:
EX: Whose is that? (even)
EX: Whose book is that? (even)
EX: Whose book is that book? (even)
EX: Whose is that book? (odd, as in opposite of even) acceptable  |