Poll: The car, ____ lights had been left on overnight, wouldn't start.

The car, ____ lights had been left on overnight, wouldn't start.

of which
of which the
which
which the
whose

Votes: 193
Comments: 2
Added: November 2007

 

Comments:

sally - 1st December 2007 16:10
As a professional writer, I've found that the best way to handle an awkward sentence is to rephrase
(rather than guess)
 
Vidableek - 1st October 2008 16:12
I agree with Sally. But what makes this hard is it sounds right to use "whose". But that sort of personifies the car, and sounds a little weird.
 
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