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learner12
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: which or whose |
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Hello, teachers!!
(1) I don't know which advice to follow.
(2) I don't know whose advice to follow.
Are (1) and (2) correct?
Thank you in advance. |
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buddhaheart
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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If you have sought (verbal) advice from some friends, you might ask, �I don't know whose advice to follow?� If you refer to some pieces of (written) advice you got from books, newspapers or other means, you might ask, �I don't know which advice to follow?�
�Whose� is the genitive of �who� which is normally used in speaking of persons. �Which� is used for things without life and for animals. �Which� has no genitive case; �whose� is sometimes used as a substitute for �of which�. |
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learner12
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Dear buddhaheart:
Thank you so much for your quick replies.
Have a nice day!! |
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