以下两句话:This is my mother. 和 Amy is a friend of hers. 其中hers指的是my mother's. 请问这两句话可以合并成 This is my mother, of whose Amy is a friend. 吗?如果不行的话该如何合并呢?
以下两句话:This is my mother. 和 Amy is a friend of hers. 其中hers指的是my mother's. 请问这两句话可以合并成 This is my mother, of whose Amy is a friend. 吗?如果不行的话该如何合并呢?
【答】of whose 可以引导定语从句。但是, 在从句中,关系代词 whose 只能作定语,后接名词。所以:
This is my mother, of whose Amy is a friend. (错误)
This is my mother, one of whose friends Amy is.(正确)
又如:
It is a book of rare value, many of whose pages are dog-eared. 这是一本珍本书,许多书页都翻得卷了角了。(摘自徐广联主编《大学英语语法》第五版讲座与测试,p.809)