The announced relocation of the hospital has been welcome news for the

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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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daagh · Accepted Answer

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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ugimba · Answer

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...

chetan2u · Answer

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..

jeeteshsingh · Answer

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!

ms · Answer

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.

scheol79 · Answer

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.

MHIKER · Answer

A is correct. Where is best to modify a place.

Alphaneus · Answer

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 .

Alphaneus · Answer

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 .

sid0791 · Answer

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?

Thanks

Oppenheimer1945 · Answer

What’s the issue with C? Usage of “where” is fine. What about past perfect tense?

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ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

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.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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