whose前面不一定只可以作为“人”的修饰词。

crgo

og11-98

.      As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.

clan：部落，亲属。

类似的例子还有：141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

之前很疑惑，后来查到了解释，与诸位分享。

whose：

(1)	The possessive form of who
	who的所有格形式
(2)	The possessive form of which
	which的所有格形式 人们有时认为whose 只应作为 who 的所有格形式并限于表示有生命的先行词， 如在句子a man whose power has greatly erode. （能力已大大衰退的人）中。 但把whose 用作 which 的所有形式也是有许多先例的， 如 the play, whose style is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. （这个剧本的文体僵化正式，是当时的典型）。 在早期，这种用法对于用法专题小组的多数人来说都是可以接受的。其变化形式of which 在这种情况下也可用，如 The play, the style of which is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. 。但象 这个例子所显示的一样，用of which 代替 whose 会显得不自然

sayysong

也就是说whose不仅仅可以做人的物主，也可以做物的物主。
谢谢分享。

张大猴

whose做物的物主代词这个物也是要有人的群体概念吧，比如clan，是一个人群的集合

sayysong

不用，举例如下：
1. As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos（小发明，非人） whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor.

2. This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market, whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are different from our own.

张大猴

哦明白啦

thechooosenone

og11-98

.      As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.

clan：部落，亲属。

类似的例子还有：141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

之前很疑惑，后来查到了解释，与诸位分享。

whose：

(1)	The possessive form of who
	who的所有格形式
(2)	The possessive form of which
	which的所有格形式 人们有时认为whose 只应作为 who 的所有格形式并限于表示有生命的先行词， 如在句子a man whose power has greatly erode. （能力已大大衰退的人）中。 但把whose 用作 which 的所有形式也是有许多先例的， 如 the play, whose style is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. （这个剧本的文体僵化正式，是当时的典型）。 在早期，这种用法对于用法专题小组的多数人来说都是可以接受的。其变化形式of which 在这种情况下也可用，如 The play, the style of which is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. 。但象 这个例子所显示的一样，用of which 代替 whose 会显得不自然

-- by 会员 crgo (2009/11/21 2:00:14)

感谢~长见识了~

jnfw123

感谢答疑！