问
It was an agreement of which the details could not be altered. (这是一个其细节不可更改的协定。)
我认为这是不符合英语语法的。of which the details 是否系 the details of which 之误？
答
上面的 of which the details 是符合英语语法的。在英语里,这种在定语从句里起定语作用的 of which 结构有时可以放在它的中心词之前,如同 whose 那样:
the investigation of which the results will be soon published... (CGEL)
其结果很快将要公布的那项研究……
但是,这种结构不如 whose results(主要用于非正式语体)和 the results of which 常用。