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!

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TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

Doors lives matter ✊🏻

SevenTierCrazyCake · F

@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.

SevenTierCrazyCake · F

@Captainjackass rude

Captainjackass · 31-35, M

@SevenTierCrazyCake doors deserve love too!

Rolexeo · 26-30, M

The man, whose foreskin is peeling.

SevenTierCrazyCake · F

@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"

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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.

OogieBoogie · F

My teddy bear disagrees with you emphatically 😂

SevenTierCrazyCake · F

@OogieBoogie doors don't have faces. Teddies are totally people!

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