amm ari ans ▁soon ▁there after ▁pron ounced ▁their ▁disapp ro val , ▁including ▁No ah ▁Web ster ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 8 . ▁ ▁More ▁gr amm ari ans ▁continued ▁such ▁disapp ro val ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁T .   O . ▁Church ill ▁declared ▁in ▁A ▁New ▁Gram mar ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁Language ▁of ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁that ▁" this ▁practice ▁is ▁now ▁disc ount en anced ▁by ▁all ▁correct ▁writers ". ▁ ▁The ▁American ▁phil ologist ▁George ▁Per kins ▁Marsh ▁stated ▁in ▁his ▁L ect ures ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁Language ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 0 : ▁" At ▁present , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁whose , ▁the ▁possess ive ▁of ▁who , ▁is ▁pretty ▁generally ▁conf ined ▁to ▁persons , ▁or ▁things ▁person ified , ▁and ▁we ▁should ▁sc ru ple ▁to ▁say , ▁' I ▁passed ▁a ▁house ▁whose ▁windows ▁were ▁open .' ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁modern , ▁and ▁indeed ▁by ▁no ▁means ▁yet ▁fully ▁established ▁distinction ." ▁ ▁Henry ▁Brad ley ▁in ▁the ▁Oxford ▁English ▁Dictionary ▁assert ed ▁" us ually ▁replaced ▁by ▁of ▁which , ▁except ▁where ▁the ▁latter ▁would ▁produce ▁an ▁int ol er ably ▁cl ums y ▁form ". ▁ ▁Other ▁gr amm ari ans ▁began ▁not icing ▁dis cre pan cies ▁between ▁usage ▁and ▁the ▁assert ions ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁pres cribed ▁against ▁the ▁in animate ▁whose . ▁ ▁The ▁American ▁Go old ▁Brown , ▁in ▁his ▁The ▁Gram mar ▁of ▁English ▁Gr amm