1、whose为who的所有格,作“某(些)人的……”解,它所指代的先行词必须是人,其引导的定语从句修饰它的先行词,同时它本身在从句中作定语。
This is the little girl whoseparents were killed in the great earthquake。这就是在那次大地震中失去双亲的那个小姑娘。
2、whose也可作which的所有格,作“某(些)物的……”解,它所指代的先行词必须是物,其语法功能同上。
The company whose name was Notcowas in Australia。那个名叫诺特可的公司设在澳大利亚
3、whose可修饰定语从句中的主语、宾语、介词宾语等不同成分。
Mr King,whoselegs were badly hurt,拍孝衡was quickly taken to hospital。金先生的腿受了重伤,很快就被送往医院。(whose修饰定语从句中的主语legs)
We shall have to make a decisionabout Ms King,whose story I‘ve just told you。关于金女士的情况,我刚才已经告诉你们了,我们得对她的事情作出决定。(whose修饰定语从句中的宾语 story)
4、whose既可引导限制性定语从句,亦可引导非限制性定语从句。
The boss in whose department MrKing worked called at the hospital。金先生工作单位的袭做老板到医院来探视。(限制性定语从句)
5、由于whose具有兼作who和 which的所有格的双重功能,故在指人时可用of whom代替whose,指物时可用ofwhich代替whose。
This kind of book is for childrenwhose native language(=the native language of whom)is Chinese。这种书是给母语是汉语的儿童看的。
扩展资料:
下列情况中的whose和of whom或ofwhich切不可混用:
1、凡是ofwhom或of which同数词或代词(如some,many,little等)连用表示部分与整体关系时,通常不可用 whose。
There are 45 students in ourclass,35of whom are League members。我们班有45名学生,其中35名是团员。
2、凡是of whom或of which修饰定语从句中的主语,是表示同位关系的代词both,all等时,切不可用whose。
I have two sons,both of whom serve in the army。我慎亮有两个儿子,都在部队服役。