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One thing that really bugs me is when things are referred to like they're people.

Example: the door, whose paint in peeling.

No. Shut up!
Doors lives matter ✊🏻
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout As a 100% Egyptian cotton pillow case, high tread count; i would have to agree
Captainjackass · 31-35, M
Well it’s paint is peeling so you should shut it.
Captainjackass · 31-35, M
@SevenTierCrazyCake doors deserve love too!
Rolexeo · 26-30, M
The man, whose foreskin is peeling.
@Rolexeo off you go to accident & emergency!
DDonde · 31-35, M
I'm trying to think, is there a way to say that in English without using "whose"? That is, with the sentence formula of "the door, (possessive) paint is peeling"
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@DDonde " ... the paint of which is peeling."
DDonde · 31-35, M
@ninalanyon that's true
A little more cumbersome to say though
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@DDonde But you can recast the sentence to avoid both whose and which: "The paint on the door is peeling." I don't think I would ever use who or whose in reference to a non-sentient being or inanimate object except for a few favourites.
My teddy bear disagrees with you emphatically 😂
@OogieBoogie doors don't have faces. Teddies are totally people!

 
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