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Adjective Clause 3 Whose
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The man helped the son whose paper route was the longest.
1 Weak sentence The relative pronoun whose is used as a possessive pronoun in an adjective clause. The man helped the son, and this son’s paper route was the longest. [whose] Best sentence The man helped the son whose paper route was the longest.
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Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s)
1. A local firm got the order, and its bid was the lowest.
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Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s)
1. A local firm whose bid was the lowest got the order.
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2. The store wants stockers, and their time is flexible.
Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s) Which: animals or things 2. The store wants stockers, and their time is flexible.
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2. The store wants stockers whose time is flexible.
Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s) Which: animals or things 2. The store wants stockers whose time is flexible.
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7 Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s) 3.Dorothy Parker was a writer, and I always enjoyed this writer’s stories.
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3. Dorothy Parker was a writer whose stories I always enjoyed.
8 Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s) 3. Dorothy Parker was a writer whose stories I always enjoyed.
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Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s)
4. The boy is going on vacation, and I just borrowed his book. 5. The boy was unhappy, and his bike had a flat tire. 6.The girl was not at work, and Betty knew her sister from school.
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4. The boy whose book I just borrowed is going on vacation.
Whose: possessive, belonging to something (their, his, her, ‘s) 4. The boy whose book I just borrowed is going on vacation. 5. The boy whose bike had a flat tire was unhappy. 6. The girl whose sister Betty knew from school was not at work.
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