Who's and Whose

2024-07-20

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  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Mei Jen in China about the usage of two words that sound the same.
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  • Dear Teacher,
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  • I have some question(s) about the words whose and who's.
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  • I sometimes have confusion when I hear.
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  • I am not always sure what word I am hearing.
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  • Can you please share with me your advice?
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  • Thank you for writing to us Mei Jen.
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  • I'm happy to answer this question.
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  • The easiest way to know which word you are hearing is to listen for the words that follow it.
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  • We contract, or join together, the two words who is to make the contraction "who's."
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  • Often, the next word you hear after "who's" is a verb, as in these examples:
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  • Who's going to help us?
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  • Who's making all that noise?
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  • Who's using this computer?
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  • Sometimes, you will hear a prepositional phrase or a noun phrase after the contraction "who's."
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  • Who's in the office today?
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  • Who's the director of that film?
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  • Last, we can contract the word "who" with the verb "has."
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  • So, the sentence "Who has already seen this film?" sounds like this:
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  • Who's already seen this film?
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  • Now, let's look at the possessive "whose," spelled w-h-o-s-e.
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  • We use it to ask about who owns or has something.
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  • So, you should listen for a noun after the pronoun "whose," or you can listen for the adjectives "this," "that," "these," or "those."
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  • For example, if we see a book on a desk and we do not know who owns it, we can ask either of the following questions:
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  • Whose book is this?
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  • Whose book is that?
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  • You can hear the noun "book," and you can also hear the adjectives "this" and "that" at the end of the question.
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  • We use the word "this" if we are close to the book. If we are farther away from the book, we use the word "that."
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  • We use the adjectives "these" and "those" for plural things.
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  • Whose shoes are these?
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  • Whose bags are those?
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  • We can also place the contraction "who's" and the possessive "whose" at the beginning of a noun clause.
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  • The noun clause begins after the main verb of the sentence, as in these examples:
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  • I want to know who's going to drive the bus.
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  • I want to know whose idea this was.
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  • You can learn more about the possessive "whose," including its use in relative clauses, in this Everyday Grammar on The Mysterious Word 'Whose'.
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  • We hope today's lesson is helpful, Mei Jen.
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  • For our readers and listeners, do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
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  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Andrew Smith.
  • 1
  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Mei Jen in China about the usage of two words that sound the same.
  • 2
  • Question
  • 3
  • Dear Teacher,
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  • I have some question(s) about the words whose and who's. I sometimes have confusion when I hear. I am not always sure what word I am hearing. Can you please share with me your advice?
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  • Answer
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  • Thank you for writing to us Mei Jen. I'm happy to answer this question.
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  • The easiest way to know which word you are hearing is to listen for the words that follow it.
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  • Who's
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  • We contract, or join together, the two words who is to make the contraction "who's." Often, the next word you hear after "who's" is a verb, as in these examples:
  • 10
  • Who's going to help us?
  • 11
  • Who's making all that noise?
  • 12
  • Who's using this computer?
  • 13
  • Sometimes, you will hear a prepositional phrase or a noun phrase after the contraction "who's."
  • 14
  • Who's in the office today?
  • 15
  • Who's the director of that film?
  • 16
  • Last, we can contract the word "who" with the verb "has." So, the sentence "Who has already seen this film?" sounds like this:
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  • Who's already seen this film?
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  • Whose
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  • Now, let's look at the possessive "whose," spelled w-h-o-s-e.
  • 20
  • We use it to ask about who owns or has something. So, you should listen for a noun after the pronoun "whose," or you can listen for the adjectives "this," "that," "these," or "those."
  • 21
  • For example, if we see a book on a desk and we do not know who owns it, we can ask either of the following questions:
  • 22
  • Whose book is this?
  • 23
  • Whose book is that?
  • 24
  • You can hear the noun "book," and you can also hear the adjectives "this" and "that" at the end of the question.
  • 25
  • We use the word "this" if we are close to the book. If we are farther away from the book, we use the word "that."
  • 26
  • We use the adjectives "these" and "those" for plural things.
  • 27
  • Whose shoes are these?
  • 28
  • Whose bags are those?
  • 29
  • We can also place the contraction "who's" and the possessive "whose" at the beginning of a noun clause. The noun clause begins after the main verb of the sentence, as in these examples:
  • 30
  • I want to know who's going to drive the bus.
  • 31
  • I want to know whose idea this was.
  • 32
  • You can learn more about the possessive "whose," including its use in relative clauses, in this Everyday Grammar on The Mysterious Word 'Whose'.
  • 33
  • We hope today's lesson is helpful, Mei Jen.
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  • For our readers and listeners, do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
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  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Andrew Smith.
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  • Andrew Smith wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.