We all know who is a good dog. How to Use 'Who's'Much like it’s and its, who’s and whose are two words that are confused very frequently. Let’s start by breaking it down simply: Who’s is a contraction of who is or who has. It can be found at the beginning of a question:
as well as with who functioning as a relative pronoun
How to Use 'Whose'Whose is a possessive adjective meaning “of or relating to whom or which.” Grammatically speaking, we use the term possessive to refer to relationships beyond simple ownership. As with other words of possession, it can also be used to express association, agency, or the receiving of an action:
The most well-known demonstration of possessive whose might be in the title of the comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Whose can also function as a pronoun meaning “that which belongs to whom”:
Tricks for Keeping Them SeparateThe confusion between whose and who’s is very similar to the confusion that occurs between it’s and its, where it's serves as a contraction of it is and its as the possessive form of it. That is mainly due to the fact that we are inclined to interpret automatically any word ending in apostrophe-s as possessive. Instead of saying, “I really like the paintings of Bob,” you’re more likely to say, “I really like Bob’s paintings.” So when we need a possessive form for who, it’s natural for one to gravitate toward the possessive-s form, so “an artist whose essays I really like” becomes “an artist who’s essays I really like.” But that would not be correct. One thing to remember is that possessive adjectives usually don’t contain an apostrophe: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. Remembering that whose falls into the same category might help to steer you away from the apostrophe. What's the difference between whose and who's?Just remember: whose means "belonging to a person" and who's means "who is." I hope this helps.
Who's and whose example sentence?(Who's, Whose) yellow car is parked in front of your house? William Faulkner, (who's, whose) books I read in high school, remains one of my favorite authors. (Who's, Whose) idea was it to eat dinner here? The service is terrible.
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