Ju
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From what I learned from my school and grammar book,
1. Whose, who and whom are for people,
2. Which is for animals and things.
However, one of the old post regarding the above usages posted in 2007 are found as follow:
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Re: which whose
I am afraid you are mistaken when you say that 'whose' only refers to people. 'Whose' is the relative possessive of both 'who' and 'which'. It can be used with inanimate objects too e.g.
'The house, whose roof was leaking badly, was in a dangerous condition.'
As to 'rules', many things that are presented to students as being 'rules' are merely pieces of advice as to how a structure or item is used most frequently. Some 'rules' are better than others in that they have few exceptions. However, a true rule has no exceptions and there are few of these.
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What should I teach my boy in primary school.
Any reliable website for learning grammar?
I am frustrated to memorise all the notes in the grammar book but turned out it is totally a different thing.
Please help.
Thanks.
1. Whose, who and whom are for people,
2. Which is for animals and things.
However, one of the old post regarding the above usages posted in 2007 are found as follow:
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Re: which whose
I am afraid you are mistaken when you say that 'whose' only refers to people. 'Whose' is the relative possessive of both 'who' and 'which'. It can be used with inanimate objects too e.g.
'The house, whose roof was leaking badly, was in a dangerous condition.'
As to 'rules', many things that are presented to students as being 'rules' are merely pieces of advice as to how a structure or item is used most frequently. Some 'rules' are better than others in that they have few exceptions. However, a true rule has no exceptions and there are few of these.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What should I teach my boy in primary school.
Any reliable website for learning grammar?
I am frustrated to memorise all the notes in the grammar book but turned out it is totally a different thing.
Please help.
Thanks.
