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Who does that car belong to? Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:00 am  Who does that car belong to?
 

Test No. incompl/elem-39 "Relative Pronoun Exercises", question 1

......... does that car belong to?

(a) Who
(b) Which
(c) Whose

Test No. incompl/elem-39 "Relative Pronoun Exercises", answer 1

Who does that car belong to?

Correct answer: (a) Who
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how can ı use "belong to" with subject pronoun?

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Belong Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:18 pm  Belong
 

You can say: That car belongs to me.
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Why whose is wrong? Sun Sep 02, 2007 13:08 pm  Why whose is wrong?
 

Hello Alan and company,

Why is "whose" wrong here?

Thank you very much !!
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Who does that car belong to? Sun Sep 02, 2007 16:12 pm  Who does that car belong to?
 

mehmet wrote:
how can ı use "belong to" with subject pronoun

Alan wrote:
You can say: That car belongs to me.
Isn't 'me' an object pronoun? Wink

What about this:
"He belongs to me." Very Happy

Mehmet, the word "whom" is dying out. Particularly when a preposition does not directly precede who/whom (as is the case in the test sentence), native speakers usually choose the word 'who' instead of 'whom'.

Jon wrote:
Why is "whose" wrong here?

The word 'whose' indicates possession, and the verb 'belong to' also indicates possession. You can use one or the other, but not both.

This is the way you would use 'whose':

Whose car is that?

That sentence means the same thing as "Who(m) does that car belong to?"
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Who does that car belong to? Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:15 am  Who does that car belong to?
 

Hi Alan,
When do we use 'who'? and when do we use 'whom'?

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