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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

In this context, "whose" works fine, on the basis that almost no other options work at all outside of completely rewriting the question.

I personally would just switch it out for "with" instead; it does slightly reframe the phrase but doesn't change the question itself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

outside of completely rewriting the question.

Doesn't require much rewriting tbh

"the component parts of which"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

that's fair!