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The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the city, where economic growth has been stagnant for the past several years.

A. city, where economic growth has been stagnant
B. city whose economic growth has been stagnant
C. city where economic growth has been stagnated
D. city, whose economic growth as been stagnated
E. city, the site of stagnated economic growth


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Originally posted by ugimba on 01 Jan 2010, 09:53.
Last edited by Bunuel on 14 Apr 2019, 02:33, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2016, 05:15
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I suggest that those interested visit the following two sites to know more about the use of ‘which’ and ‘whose’.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/whose
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/where
The above two articles will explode the myths that
1. A comma is required before ‘where’. Therefore, A is a better choice
2. ‘Whose’ also requires a comma before it, or else, the sentence will turn a run-on.
3. A run-on has been created due to the lack of comma before the possessive relative pronoun ‘whose’
4. The word ‘whose’ is misused to modify a city.
5. Whose can stand only for human being and not for inanimate bodies.
The OE is misleading.
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   01 Jan 2010, 11:44
chetan2u wrote:
B ... whose is the correct usage... there should be a comma before whose


chetan2u, I too thought the same and went for option B, but the OA is A. I think here you need a possesive pronoun since your intention is to tell 'city's economic growth' not city economic growth., so B makes more sense than does A. So I think OA is not correct.

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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2010, 06:34
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ugimba wrote:
chetan2u wrote:
B ... whose is the correct usage... there should be a comma before whose


chetan2u, I too thought the same and went for option B, but the OA is A. I think here you need a possesive pronoun since your intention is to tell 'city's economic growth' not city economic growth., so B makes more sense than does A. So I think OA is not correct.

thanks...


hi, i thought of B(as i mentioned earlier) if there was a comma in front of whose..... it seems B does not have a comma as i saw in some forum .... Athat way stands out... diff given is that where is used for a place..
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2010, 14:29
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IMO A is correct...

where is correctly used as where can be used as a metaphorical pronoun to refer a place and in this sentence... it refers the city where the economic growth has been stagnant!
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   30 Jan 2010, 18:30
A vs B

IMO - A

In A - city, where - pronoun where clearly modifies city.

whose is a possesive, hence if you have city's then whose can be correct.
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   11 Nov 2010, 21:11
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Can someone explain why comma is needed?
Don't we decide whether comma is needed or not depending on how essential the information is?
Why is the use of whose wrong here?
Below is the OE, but I am still confused.

The proper use of the words where and whose is being tested in this sentence. Whose refers to a being capable of making a decision, whereas where refers to a place. The sentence is also testing the correct use of a comma to join a subordinate clause to an independent clause.

A The sentence correctly uses the word where to modify city, and also properly joins a subordinate clause to an independent clause using a comma.

B This option lacks a comma and creates a run-on sentence; it also misuses the word whose.
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2012, 02:33
A is correct. Where is best to modify a place.
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2020, 22:34
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ugimba wrote:
The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the city, where economic growth has been stagnant for the past several years.

A. city, where economic growth has been stagnant
B. city whose economic growth has been stagnant
C. city where economic growth has been stagnated
D. city, whose economic growth as been stagnated
E. city, the site of stagnated economic growth


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Between A and B i think A is the right answer because inanimate things can never indicate ownership . Hence the usage of whose for the city is wrong .
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2020, 22:34
ugimba wrote:
The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the city, where economic growth has been stagnant for the past several years.

A. city, where economic growth has been stagnant
B. city whose economic growth has been stagnant
C. city where economic growth has been stagnated
D. city, whose economic growth as been stagnated
E. city, the site of stagnated economic growth


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Between A and B i think A is the right answer because inanimate things can never indicate ownership . Hence the usage of whose for the city is wrong .
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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2021, 00:42
HI egmat,

I have two questions about this, if you can help me out, that could be great.

1) Why comma is necessary before where and whose?
2) If I am not wrong, whose can be used for non-living objects, please correct me if I am wrong regarding whether whose can be used for non-living objects or not?

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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   22 Feb 2023, 20:48
What’s the issue with C? Usage of “where” is fine. What about past perfect tense?

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Re: The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the [#permalink] New post   24 Feb 2023, 04:45
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What’s the issue with C? Usage of “where” is fine. What about past perfect tense?

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Hello samagra21,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the passive construction "has been stagnated" slightly alters the meaning of the sentence by implying that some entity has actively caused the stagnation; the intended meaning is simply that economic growth has stagnated.

We hope this helps.
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