格列喵

• 關係代名詞在此係為了形容「先行詞」
• 關係代名詞為 所有格

Whose 為關係代名詞所有格，係由his, her, their, my, your等所有格變化而來

The boy work finished may go out to play.   (工作做完的小孩可以出去玩)

The boy’s work was finished.

The boy may go out to play.

Of which 轉變過程為以下例句     ( 轉換過程刪掉部分 可以仔細看)

Ex1: My father has a car. The color of the car is red. 

= My father has a car whose color is red.

= My father has a car, the color of which is red.

(我的父親有一個紅色顏色的車)

Ex2: Tom likes the girl. The girl’s hair is long and straight.

= Tom likes the girl whose hair is` long and straight.

= Tom likes the girl of which hair is long and straight.

(湯姆喜歡長直髮的女孩)

Ex3: The British museum is exhibiting the Dead Sea Scroll. Some of the Dead Sea Scroll fragments are still lost.

= The British museum is exhibiting the Dead Sea Scroll whose Some fragments are still lost.

= The British museum is exhibiting the Dead Sea Scroll some of which fragments are still lost.

(英國博物館展覽死海古卷，部分的死海古卷殘片仍然遺失)

Ex4: I want to buy the book. The cover of the book is Mayday.

= I want to buy the book whose cover is Mayday.

= I want to buy the book of which cover is Mayday.

(我想要買封面是五月的那本書)

In which, by which

Government reports, examination compositions, legal documents and most business letters are the main situation in which formal language is used. (in the situation)

He came back late, by which timeall the guests have already left. (by the time)

(* by the time = 到……的時候)

Whereof (其中)

• = of which (whereof較為正式 多半用於學術文件 二者可互換)

The British museum is exhibiting the Dead Sea Scroll(n.) whereof some fragments are still lost.

• whereof 也可以代表名詞子句，作為主句一部分

I understand whereof the Dead Sea Scroll lost their fragments.

我明白死海古卷組成部分，其殘片已遺失。

(在此whereof並沒有形容修飾功能，所以可以用  whereof 但不能用 of which)

He sees hostility, the cause whereof he does not know.  他看到了敵意，卻不知道其原因。