Whose vs. who's

Lily · #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:09 am *Whose vs. who's*

Test No. incompl/elem-9 "Relative Pronouns", question 8

Did you meet the lady ......... uncle works in the library?

(a) who
(b) whose
(c) who's

Test No. incompl/elem-9 "Relative Pronouns", answer 8

Did you meet the lady whose uncle works in the library?

Correct answer: (b) whose

Your answer was: incorrect
Did you meet the lady who's uncle works in the library?
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could you explain more, please
Thanks a lot

Alan · #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:41 am *Whose*

Who's is a contracted form of WHO IS.
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I_dunno · #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:36 am *Whose vs. who's*

who's can be a contraction of who is or it can show ownership. The who that owns something. "Who's shoe is this?"

Alan · #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:33 am *Who's*

Hi,

No, who's is only a contractionof who is. If you want to express possession, the relative pronoun is whose.
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saucyj · #5 (permalink) Fri Oct 07, 2005 21:52 pm *Whose vs. who's*

"No, who's is only a contractionof who is" <-- not 100% true either.

who's is not ONLY a contraction of who is. it can also be who has as in "who's done this before?".

bobmarleyisstupid · #6 (permalink) Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:45 am *Stupid, stupid people*

Stop coming up with examples out of your butt. Just because you misuse the language frequently doesn't mean that you're right. Open your mind and learn something instead of stubbornly clinging to your wrongheaded ideas.

hordover · #7 (permalink) Thu Dec 22, 2005 20:44 pm *It's just like It's*

Who's and whose is just like It's and Its.
The apostrophe with both of these is JUST FOR THE CONTRACTION. The other form (whose, its) is for posession.
That's all

Alan · #8 (permalink) Thu Dec 22, 2005 21:04 pm *Whose*

Hi Hordover,

Thanks for that - good point but remember the spelling: possession.

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Fooz · #9 (permalink) Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:47 am *Whose*

Hi Alan,

Can I say:

Did you meet the lady whose her uncle works in the library?

thanx

Torsten · #10 (permalink) Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:28 am *Whose vs. who*

Hi Fooz,

Welcome to english-test.net! You can say:

I met a lady whose uncle works at the library. Or:

I met a lady and she told me that her uncle works at the library.

Regards,
Torsten

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Hanh · #11 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:21 am *Whose vs. who's*

Thanks Tosten. I understood why we used whose not who's in this sentence.

Parksky · #12 (permalink) Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:50 am *Whose vs. who's*

Thanks Tosten

Jordano · #13 (permalink) Mon Jul 05, 2010 13:08 pm *Whose vs. who's*

this is a great question.... I was confused but now I understand it. thanks and keep amazing me....

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