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Can “whose” refer to inanimate objects? [duplicate]
I was baffled while using this sentence:
I went into some blog site whose sole purpose. . . .
My doubt is about whose. Is it correct to use it there?
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Possessive form of inanimate subject [duplicate]
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Is using the possessive 's correct in “the car's antenna”?
Is it "role of the FRG" or "the FRG's role"? I know that although the FRG is not a person, ...
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Can 'whose' be used for objects? [duplicate]
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Is the word 'whose' referring to an inanimate object correct in this sentence? Is there a more appropriate word?
Basically I'm wondering if a sentence like this ...
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Using “whose” with non-animate nouns [duplicate]
Duplicate:
Is the word 'whose' referring to an inanimate object correct in this sentence?
Possessive connecting word for inanimate object
Usage of “whose” not referring to a person.
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possessive connecting word for inanimate object [duplicate]
Duplicate of:
Is the word 'whose' referring to an inanimate object correct in this sentence?
Usage of “whose” not referring to a person.
Referring to some attribute of an inanimate ...
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Possessive “that's” [duplicate]
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'Which', 'whose' or something else?
Is the use of "that's" correct in the sentence below?
Imagine a frame with two sets of strings stretched across, ...
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Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object?
We lit a fire whose fuel was old timber wood.
Is the word whose referring to fire, an inanimate object, correct in this sentence? Or is there a more appropriate word?
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Usage of “whose” not referring to a person [duplicate]
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Referring to some attribute of an inanimate object — use “who's”?
I noticed the use of "whose" in the following sentence I wrote does not refer to a ...
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What is the possessive form of “what”? [duplicate]
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'Which', 'whose' or something else?
First of all, I'm not a native speaker so I can't rely on my intuition in this specific case.
For a very long time I ...
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Do things use apostrophe for indicating possessive? [duplicate]
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Is using the possessive 's correct in “the car's antenna”?
If someone owns something I would say: Mom's car.
But if the owner is not a person, does ...
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Other ways of saying whichs [duplicate]
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'Which', 'whose' or something else?
Of course there isn't a word whichs (as far as I know), but I am talking about the possessive form of which.
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Referring to some attribute of an inanimate object — use “who's”?
This came up in describing an input to a function:
A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.
(Daemon is a type of process on a system.)
Somehow, "who's" just doesn't seem right because it's ...
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Is using the possessive 's correct in “the car's antenna”?
I know that to mark possession of an item you can use 's like in the following example:
The user's password shall not be blank.
However, is it correct to use the following:
The car's antenna ...
