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Whose vs. who's #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
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Whose #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:41 am   Whose
 

Who's is a contracted form of WHO IS.
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Whose vs. who's #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?"
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Who's #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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Whose vs. who's #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?".
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Stupid, stupid people #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.
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It's just like It's #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
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Whose #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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Whose #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?

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Whose vs. who #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.

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

Thanks Tosten
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