sel6000
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- English Teacher
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- Arabic
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Dear fellow teachers,
We know that possessive adjective clauses use "whose" as in the following example:
a. The family is moving.
b. I bought their car.
a+b = The family whose car I bought is moving.
What about the following combinations that try to by pass the use of whose?
1. a+b = The family who I bought their car is moving.
2. a+b = The family whom I bought their car is moving.
3. a+b = The family that I bought their car is moving.
4. a+b = The family I bought their car is moving.
If your answer is that these constructions are grammatically incorrect, would you say that they are informally used by native speakers?
We know that possessive adjective clauses use "whose" as in the following example:
a. The family is moving.
b. I bought their car.
a+b = The family whose car I bought is moving.
What about the following combinations that try to by pass the use of whose?
1. a+b = The family who I bought their car is moving.
2. a+b = The family whom I bought their car is moving.
3. a+b = The family that I bought their car is moving.
4. a+b = The family I bought their car is moving.
If your answer is that these constructions are grammatically incorrect, would you say that they are informally used by native speakers?