Would anyone please tell me simply when/ in which situation the followings are the same and interchangeable? and when they are not?
- of which
- whose
Thanks in advance
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Sign up to join this communityYou cannot use "of which" to precede the object of possession. So they're not interchangeable synctactically. Also to ask about possesion you must use whose, see Maulik V answer.
It was a war the effect of which still continues.
It was a war whose effect still continues.
In the following sentences, they are the same (first concern of yours)
'Of which' serves as a relative clause. And, a comma would make sentence clear. In below mentioned sentence, since the phrase serves as 'relative clause', I'll be needing an article to introduce door.
It's the house whose door is painted red = It's the house, of which a/the door is painted red.
In the following sentences, they are not the same (second concern of yours)
Whose house is that? cannot be written like this Of which house is that?