定语从句中whose和of which 经常可以互相替换
但在下列情况下二者不能替换:
(1)形式不同。如:
①The house _______ windows face south is our reading-room.
②The house _______ the windows face south is our reading-room.
A. of which B. whose C. which D. its
①的答案是B;
②的答案是A。
(2)同样,在名词前已有限定词时,只能用of which/whom,不能用whose,因为限定词不可罗列在一起使用。
(3)whose 即可以指人,又可以指物,而of which 只能用来指物。
(4)of which 除了可以表示所属关系外,还可以用来表示整体的关系,而whose则不能。
(5)引导非限制性定语从句多用whose,而很少用表示所属关系的介词of which
(6)当of 不具有“所属”含义时,只能用of which (whom) 或which (whom, who )... of,不能用whose。