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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:45 am Post subject: Which is correct? |
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1).Mr. Fitzerald may be found guilty of murdering his wife, in which case he is likely to face capital punishment.
2).Mr. Fitzerald may be found guilty of murdering his wife, in whose case he is likely to face capital punishment. |
In the above two examples which is correct and why?
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CP
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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"In which case" is correct. It could also be "in which instance" or "in which circumstance," or something other than "case." The "in whose case" trips you up because of the implied legal case against Mr. Fitzgerald for murdering poor Mrs. Fitzgerald, but I can't think of a situation where you would say "in whose case" instead of "in which case" as presented in this sentence.
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