whose, of whom與of which

1. 關系代詞 whose，引導定語從句時，既可指人，又可指物，在從句中只能作定語；of whom 只能指人；of which 只能指物，有時 whose 可以與 of whom 和 of which 互換使用。如：

The girl whose hair is golden is from England. 頭發金色的那個女孩是英國人。

The house whose doors are green is an office building. 門是綠色的那座房子是辦公樓。

2. “介詞 + whose +名詞” 引導定語從句。如：

I love my motherland, for whose good future I will work hard. 我愛我的祖國，為了她美好的未來我要努力工作。

3. 在下列情況下，一般只用 of whom 和 of which。

(1) 定語從句的主語是 few, little, some, most, many, much等時，一般只用of whom和of which。

In the room are lots of people, many of whom I don’t know. 房間里有很多人，很多人我不認識。

He has a lot of story-books, a few of which I have never read. 他有很多故事書，有幾本故事書我還從未看過。(from www.hz123456.com)

(2) 定語從句的主語是數詞、形容詞的最高級時，一般只用of whom和of which。如：

The old man has three children, two of whom are college students and one of whom is a manager. 那個老人有三個小孩，其中兩個是大學生，另一個是經理。

(3) 定語從句的主語是all, none, both, neither, each等不定代詞時，一般只用of whom和of which。如：

There are fifty students in our class, all of whom are working hard. 我們班有五十個學生，所有這五十個學生學習都刻苦。

He planted two trees last year, both of which are growing well. 去年他栽了兩棵樹，這兩棵樹都長得好。

(4) 在定語從句中作表語的定語時，一般只用of whom和of which。如：

He has three brothers, of whom Li Lei is the youngest one. 它有三兄弟，李蕾是他們中最小的一個。

There are many countries in Asia, of which China is the largest one. 亞洲有很多國家，中國是最大的一個。