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Ask for help > There are three bedrooms. The bedroom of ________ door is blue is mine.
There are three bedrooms. The bedroom of ________ door is blue is mine.
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mari_18cf
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There are three bedrooms. The bedroom of ________ door is blue is mine.
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Our apartment has a nice living room which is also our dining room. There are three bedrooms. The bedroom of ________ door is blue is mine.
Possibilities
who, that, whom, whose, which, where, when, why
I believe the answer is which, but the sentence sounds wierd to me. Can someone help me understand? |
2 Jun 2015
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yanogator
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No, we can �t help you understand this one, because there is a mistake in the sentence. It can be "The bedroom of which the door is blue is mine" or "The bedroom whose door is blue is mine" (without "of"), but as it stands, it can �t be completed with one word. Now you know why it sounds weird. Bruce |
2 Jun 2015
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Apodo
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The bedroom, the door of which is blue, is mine.
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3 Jun 2015
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lekkasc
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The bedroom, whose door is blue, is mine |
3 Jun 2015
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cunliffe
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�The bedroom with the blue door is mine � would be said.
Bruce is right.
Actually, I am unhappy about using �whose � about an inanimate object. Is it OK?
Lynne |
3 Jun 2015
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Mariethe House
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I second Apodo: the bedroom the door of which is blue, is mine. |
3 Jun 2015
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amrodriguez
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I completely agree with Bruce ( yanogator) there must be a mistake in the original sentence. I would say, The room whose door is blue, is mine. |
3 Jun 2015
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yanogator
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@Lynne, In the US, we regularly use "whose" with inanimate objects. I don �t know about the rest of the world. Bruce |
3 Jun 2015
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almaz
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It �s the same in the UK, Bruce: relative whose can have a personal or non-personal antecedent (the man whose books were stolen and the books whose covers were missing). Some people tend to get a bit confused because interrogative whose can only be personal (Whose books are these?). |
3 Jun 2015
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Mariethe House
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How about the following examples, ? "Then there are the human faces of this massive (social change), just a handful of which we might briefly contemplate here" Our company adheres to Ethical Trading Policy a copy of which is attached." I am preparing steak tartare, a classic and tasty dish, the main ingredient of which is raw finely minced beef . Is this form of expressing possession really ancient and obsolete, now? |
3 Jun 2015
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almaz
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No, it �s still perfectly OK, Mariethe. Many people prefer of which with non-personal antecedents. Indeed, Merriam-Webster �s usage dictionary explicitly states in the discussion of the issue that it (whose) is "entirely standard as an alternative to of which in all varieties of discourse". It �s a matter of taste and style, really. |
3 Jun 2015
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