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6.8
Whose + Noun in an
Adjective Clause

2. Use whose as relative
pronoun when the
embedded sentence
contains a possessive:

3. Examples of
possessives:

4. my, your, his, her, its, our,
their:
My house, your book,
their car.
The dog is eating its
bone.

5. Joe’s, Ms. Agard’s:
evening grammar
class.
Whose pen is this? It’s
Joe’s.
This is Ms. Agard’s
class.

6. of the college, of the
course:
the parking of the college
the syllabus of the
course

7. Main sentence: Freecycle
is an online community.
Embedded sentence:
Its (Freecycle’s)
members help each other

8. Freecycle is an online
community whose
members help each
other.

9. Main sentence: People
can offer their kids’ old
clothes.
Embedded sentece:
Their (the people’s)
children are growing.

10. People whose children
are growing can offer
their kids’ old clothes.

11. Main sentence: You
should always thank
the person.
Embedded sentence:
You received her item.

12. You should always
thank the person
whose offer you
received.

13. Main sentence: The
person will suggest a way
for you to get it.
Embedded sentence:
You respond to the
person’s offer.

14. The person whose
offer you respond to will
suggest a way for you
to get it.

15. Exercise 15
Page 248
What is the main
sentence? What is the
embedded sentence?
Find the possessive.