Relative Part 3 - Whose, When, Where

I. Whose:

We can use whose in place of a possessive adjective (my, your, his, her, their, our, its, name’s)

Example: I met an English woman today. Her car was red.

I met an English woman whose car was red today.

II. When and Where:

We can use when with times and where with places to make it clear which time or place we are talking about:

Example: I miss the time last year. I worked part-time as a waiter then.

I miss this time last year when I worked part-time as a waiter then.

Do you remember the station? We caught the train there.

Do you remember the station where we caught the train.

NOTE: We can omit when in some cases:

Example: The day was November 20th. The accident happened on that day.

November 20th was the day the accident happened.

III. Which vs Where:

Students often confuse which and where.

We use which when the 'place' functions as a Subject or an Object.

We use where when the 'place' functions as an adverb of place.

Example: Last summer I visited Nha Trang. I loved the place very much.

Last summer I visited Nha Trang, which I loved very much.

Last summer I visited Nha Trang. It is a very beautiful city.

Last summer I visited Nha Trang, which is a very beautiful city.

Last summer I visited Nha Trang. I was born there.

Last summer I visited Nha Trang, where I was born.

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Related posts:

Relative Part 1 - Who, Whom, Which, That

Relative Part 2 - That, Defining and Non-defining