1.whose用作關系代詞時，它并不表示“誰的”，而是表示“……的……”，在具體語境需要靈活處理。如：
He is the man whose car was stolen. 他就是汽車被竊的人。
The boys whose names were called stood up. 叫到名字的男孩們站了起來。
You are the only one whose advice he might listen to. 你是惟一可能使他聽從勸告的人。
2.不要以為whose引導定語從句時，其先行詞一定是指人的名詞，其實也可以是指事物(包括動物)的'名詞。如：
It was an island whose name I have forgotten. 這是一座島，名字我忘了。
Wolves are highly social animals whose success depends upon cooperation. 狼是高度群體化的動物，它們的成功依賴于合作。
3.whose 不僅可以引導限制性定語從句，也可引導非限制性定語從句。如：
My bitch, whose temper is very uncertain, often bites the judges at dog shows. 我的母狗脾氣不穩定，常常在狗展上咬裁判。
One of the Britons, whose identity has not been revealed, was taken to hospital. 其中一位英國人被送往醫院。他的身份還沒有透露。
Now was not the time to start thinking of mother, whose death had so distressed me. 現在還不是開始想念母親的時候。她的逝世曾令我極度痛苦。
4.引導定語從句的“whose+名詞”，有時可換成其他結構，注意詞序的變化。比較：
破了窗戶的那座房子是空的。
正：The house whose windows are broken is empty.
正：The house the windows of which are broken is empty.
正：The house of which the windows are broken is empty.
正：The house with broken windows is empty.
5.根據語境的需要，whose 前可以使用語義需要的介詞。如：
I wish to thank Professor Smith, without whose help I would never have got this far. 我要感謝史密斯教授，沒有他的幫助，我不會走到今天這一步。
Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from whose effects the people are still suffering. 上個月東南亞的部分地區受到洪水侵襲，現在人們仍在遭受洪水帶來的影響。