whose可以指物吗

Question

whose可以指物吗

Answer 1

I saw some trees?____ leaves were black with disease．
此题应选B.容易误选A.许多考生认为,关系代词whose 和who,whom一样,只能指人,不能指物.
事实上,用作关系代词的whose与who,whom不一样,它不仅可以指人也可以指物（用作定语）：
There are some students whose questions I can't answer．有些学生的问题我不能回答.
当先行词为物时,其后引导定语从句的whose +n也可换成the +n +of which／of which +the +n：
窗户破了的那座房子是空的.
正：The house whose windows are broken is empty．
正：The house the windows of which are broken is empty．
正：The house of which the windows are broken is empty．
但是如果whose所修饰的名词中心词之前有数词或其它限定词,则不用whose,而用of which：
There I saw a large table,two legs of which were broken．在那里我看见有一张大桌子,其中有两条腿断了.