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Using ‘Whose’ for Objects and Things | Merriam-Webster
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Whose is appropriate for inanimate objects in all cases except the interrogative case, where whose is in the beginning of a sentence. In this case whose must refer to a living being. English is a pretty impressive language, but sometimes it just doesn’t have the word you’re looking for.

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Whose for Inanimate Objects | Grammar Girl
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Whose to Refer to Inanimate Objects There is no dispute about using whose to refer to a person or animal. There is, however, some argument about whether it’s OK to use whose to refer to something that’s not a person or animal: a car or a tree, for instance.

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Using Whose with Inanimate Objects – Grammar Monster
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Whose Can Be Used with Animate and Inanimate Objects Whose is the possessive form of who and which. It is not just the possessive form of who. This means it can be used with animate and inanimate objects.

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Can You Use Whose for Inanimate Objects?
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage says the eighteenth century was when grammar nitpickers started to cast aspersions on whose and inanimate objects, which basically means that we as casual linguists will never be content with what we have.

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Do You Use Whose vs. Which With Inanimate Objects?
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Personally, I’d much rather rewrite the sentence than go back and forth about which and whose on inanimate objects. It’s generally the best way to avoid debate, and pretty universally accepted as an okay way of putting together a sentence.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/23541/can-whose-refer-to-an-inanimate-object

grammaticality – Can whose refer to an inanimate object …
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The word whose is used in several different grammatical ways. For some of these (see my original answer below), it has been grammatical to use it for inanimate objects, at least since the days of Shakespeare. For others (see my update), it is only used for people or animals.

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/whose-used-with-inanimate-objects.1179559/

Whose used with inanimate objects | WordReference Forums
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The question, by Lau_85 in post #1 was, Is it ok to use ‘whose’ when it relates to inanimate objects, and the answer is Yes even though (1) some people don’t like the sound of it, (2) some people prefer not to use it, (3) some people will not use it, (4) some people find it funny, and (5) some people edit it out.

https://grammarist.com/usage/whos-whose/

How to Use Who’s vs. whose Correctly – Grammarist

Whose vs. Who’s – Usage, Difference and Examples

Whose and inanimate objects As in that last example above, whose— unlike who or who’s— may apply to inanimate objects or other non-person entities. For example, while you wouldn’t say, The book, who is 500 pages, was released in 1923, you could say, The book, whose 500 pages fly by, was released in 1923.

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Whose Vs. Who’s – Thesaurus.com
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The word whose is possessive, and it is often used as an adjective, which is a word that describes or clarifies a noun or a pronoun. So, in this case, whose is a possessive adjective, because it describes who owns something.

https://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-people-who-are-in-love-with-inanimate-objects/

10 People Who Are In love With Inanimate Objects | TheRichest
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The term for people who find themselves attracted to inanimate objects is objectophilia or object-sexuals or OS. Originally considered a paraphilia (an unusual type of sexual attraction), it’s mor By Sarah Burke Published Jun 01, 2014