whose引導的定語從句,須注意以下六個方面:

1。whose作“某(些)人的……”解,為who的所有格,它所指代的先行詞必須是人。它引導的定語從句修飾它的先行詞,同時它本身在從句中作定語。例如:

Mr Liu wants to talk to the students whose homework hasn`t been handed in. 劉老師要跟那些沒交作業的學生談話。

2。whose也可作which的所有格,作“某(些)物的…… ”解。它所指代的先行詞必須是物,其語法功能同上。例如:

The company whose name was Notco was in Australia.

那個名叫Notco的公司設在澳大利亞。

3。whose可修飾定語從句中的主語、賓語、介詞賓語等不同成分(因為whose本身可以做定語自然就可以修飾)。例如:

Mr King,whose legs were badly hurt,was quickly taken to hospital.

金先生的腿受了重傷,(他)很快被送往醫院。

We shall have to make a decision about Ms King,,whose story I`ve just told you.

關於金女士的情況,我剛才已經告訴你們了,我們得對她的事情作出決定。

The boss in whose department Mr King worked had heard about the accident. 金先生工作部門的老闆聽說了關於這次事故的情況。

4。whose既可引導限制性定語從句,亦可引導非限制性定語從句。

例如:

The policemen were sure the murder was the man whose

gun was found lying beside the dead body.

警察確信兇手就是那個人,他的槍就在死者的旁邊。

Have you seen the film “Titanic”,whose leading actor is world famous?

你看過《泰坦尼克》嗎?它的男主角世界聞名。

5。由於whose 具有兼作who的所有格和which的所有格的雙重功能,故在指人時可用of whom替換,指物時可用of which替換。(因為所有格就是表示。。。的; 同樣定語在句子成分裡的作用也是起形容修飾作用,表示。。。。的)例如: This kind of book is for children,the native language of whom(=whose native language )is Chinese.

這種書是供母語是漢語的兒童看的。

Mr Brown has written a novel,the name of which (=whose name) I’ve completely remembered.

布朗先生寫了部小說,其書名我完全記得。

6。 按英語習慣用法,下列情況不能用whose:

a) 凡是of whom或of which同數詞或代詞(如some,many,little等)連用表示部分與整體關係時,切不可用whose。

例如:

There are 45 students in our class,35 of whom are League members.

我們班有45位學生,其中35位是團員。

Mr White wrote many articles,some of which were translated into Chinese.

懷特先生寫了不少文章,其中一些被譯成了中文。

b) 凡是of whom或of which修飾的

定語從句的主語

是表示同位關係的代詞both,all等時,切不可用whose。

例如:

He has some novels,all of which are written in Russian.

他有一些小說,都是用俄語寫的

碼字不易,所以

whose引導的定語從句