The phrase 'on whose shoulders' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to suggest that something has been built on the foundation of something else, and is usually used in the context of achievements or legacy. For example, "He stands on the shoulders of the great scientists that came before him, making advances in the field of quantum computing."
But with "Barber" and a few other comedies constituting the bulk of modern-day Rossini performances, most opera-goers have an imperfect knowledge of the composer on whose shoulders 19th-century Italian opera traditions rest.
When he said that only 'an annihilation campaign' could produce "the new man who will defy death and be free from all thought of self-interest"— could he have imagined that this ancient people, dancing into the night, would be the ones on whose shoulders his dreams would come to rest?
But there is one woman on whose shoulders all the world's troubles hung this year: Catherine Cawood.
The members of our armed forces -- the one percent on whose shoulders our country stands -- deserve the support of the other 99percenttheyey represent.
We should vigorously condemn Wilson's shortcomings, while acknowledging that he is one of the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
Rogers is a fixture at every loss-prevention conference, and is, in the words of Nate Garvis, the vice-president of government affairs at Target, "one of the giants on whose shoulders we stand".
No one seems quite sure, except for Antonin Scalia, on whose shoulder the ghost of Thomas Jefferson perches and into whose ear John Adams's restive spirit frequently whispers sweet nothings.
As for the protesting workers in Wisconsin and elsewhere, on whose shoulder the burden of sacrifice for the nation's economic woes has been placed, Savage has little sympathy for their plight.
First, there was the skill and resilience of Stephen Daldry, on to whose shoulders the burden of the film at once fell.
In addition, we've got one of my heroes and I'm sure one of yours, somebody whose shoulders I stand on and allowed me to become President of the United States, and that's Congressman from the great state of Georgia, John Lewis, is here.
Her speech was a gracious tribute to all the people whose shoulders she stands on, including Holiday herself, and to her parents, for "not medicating your hyperactive girl and finding out what she was into instead".
