▁it ▁in ▁" sole mn ▁poetry " ▁when ▁used ▁for ▁person ification . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁P lain ▁and ▁Complete ▁Gram mar ▁of ▁ 1 7 7 2 , ▁An sel m ▁Bay ly ▁accepted ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁in animate ▁whose . ▁ ▁The ▁English ▁grammar ian ▁Joseph ▁Pri est ley ▁wrote ▁that ▁whose ▁" may ▁be ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁gen itive ▁of ▁which ", ▁but ▁object ed ▁to ▁such ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁edition ▁of ▁The ▁Rud iments ▁of ▁English ▁Gram mar ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 2 : ▁" The ▁word ▁whose ▁begins ▁like wise ▁to ▁be ▁restricted ▁to ▁persons , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁done ▁so ▁generally ▁but ▁that ▁good ▁writers , ▁and ▁even ▁in ▁pro se , ▁use ▁it ▁when ▁speaking ▁of ▁things . ▁I ▁do ▁not ▁think , ▁however , ▁that ▁the ▁construction ▁is ▁generally ▁ple asing ." ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁edition ▁of ▁his ▁A ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁Language ▁( 1 7 8 5 ), ▁Samuel ▁Johnson ▁considered ▁whose ▁" r ather ▁the ▁po etic ▁than ▁the ▁regular ▁gen itive ▁of ▁which ". ▁ ▁The ▁American ▁grammar ian ▁Lind ley ▁Murray ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁in animate ▁whose ▁in ▁his ▁English ▁Gram mar ▁of ▁ 1 7 9 5 , ▁but ▁his ▁position ▁on ▁it ▁is ▁uncertain ; ▁he ▁repr int ed ▁Pri est ly ' s ▁opinion ▁but ▁also ▁stated : ▁" By ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁this ▁license , ▁one ▁word ▁is ▁subst it uted ▁for ▁three ". ▁ ▁Other ▁gr