whose book is that or whose is that book

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Anonymous  #154716  Thu, 03 Nov 05 12:00 PM
Hi, here's my question.
Some say "whose is this book is awkard,compared with "whose book is this".

Then how about the following sentense...
Whose book is that on the desk? and
Whose is that book on the desk?

Please let me know how do these two sound respectively.
  
pieanne  #154728  Thu, 03 Nov 05 12:44 PM
I prefer it when "whose" comes immediately before the noun of the object... (1st sentence)
  
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Anonymous  #534477  Mon, 30 Jun 08 07:36 AM
whose book is that?or whose is that book?
  
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