grammar · academic
N + of which + V
a formal relative structure using 'of which' to indicate possession or relation, often used for things or abstract nouns.
Examples
“a book, the title of which I couldn't remember”
“a policy, the effects of which are still debated”
“a company, the products of which are sold worldwide”
Band 8 sentence
“The report, the conclusions of which were later questioned by experts, led to a major policy review.”
Collocations
- the noun + of which + clause
- the effects of which
Word family
Common mistakes
the policy whose effects are still debated→the policy the effects of which are still debated
a book which the title I forgot→a book, the title of which I forgot
Say it for a higher band
5whose + N→6the X that/which + ...→7+N + of which + V
Synonyms
whose
Easily confused
whose
“They adopted a policy the consequences of which were hard to predict.”
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