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 what ‘whose’ mean in this sentence. Is it Nimzowitsch’s consequences? or the consequences of the opinions, … Read more
Oxford Modern English Grammar (OMEG) by Bas Aarts has these passages on page 52: … … … … Sentence (40) is apparently taken from an Independent article “How Tuna Conquered the World“. Two prior paragraphs along with Sentence (40) are shown here: Some populations, such as leatherback turtles, are being heavily damaged; pushed to the … Read more
A man that his kids want to call ‘daddy.’ Apparently this sequence is correct. Would it remain so adding on object pronoun, …call him ‘daddy’? However, substituting whose for that + possessive might demand a resumptive pronoun, a man whose kids want to call him ‘Daddy.’ Why is it so? Answer I agree with everything … Read more
Are these sentences grammatically correct? They are translated from Thai song lyrics. Whose sunshine do you belong to? Who is your sunflower? Answer Based on the literal translation from Thai that you provided in comments, and on the normal interaction between sunshine and sunflowers, the sentence is grammatically correct but fails to convey the intention. … Read more
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 height is 1 meter. or This is … Read more
As Lord Esher once noted, ‘Any proposition the result of which would be to show that the common law of England is wholly unreasonable and unjust cannot be part of the common law of England.’ Would someone please help unravel the bolded relative clause, step-by-step? Please explain your steps. I’ve never seen this construct before. … Read more
I came across the following sentence: Kiran is Kishore’s uncle, whose paternal grandfather has only two children. I am not clear which person whose is referring to – Kiran or Kishore and why? Answer It refers to Kishore’s uncle (last mentioned before the comma), who is precisely Kiran. In “Kiran is a friend of Kishore’s … Read more
I was baffled while using this sentence: I went into some blog site whose sole purpose. . . . My question is about whose. Is it correct to use it there? Answer If you check with a dictionary you would realize: whose of, belonging to, made by, or done by whom or which ⇒ whose … Read more
This question came from a friend. It is from a college entrance exam for non-native English speakers. Link the following sentences with “whose”: I was a small kid. My classmates laughed at me at the time. Which of these is correct (if either)? I was a small kid whose classmates laughed at me at the … Read more
I came up (re)phrasing a question like this: What’s so special about directories whose name begins with a dot? But now, I’m wondering whether this is the correct handling of plurals or not. Should the following be preferred? What’s so special about directories whose names begin with a dot? (In French both are correct and have … Read more
