{"id":23361,"date":"2024-01-02T16:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T21:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=23361"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:19:33","slug":"whose-vs-whos-difference-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/whose-vs-whos-difference-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Whose vs. who&#8217;s: Difference &#038; Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cw8oBfGSohg?si=6TKol8Vb51ofTtLM?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download 30 Ask the Teacher lessons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When do we use <strong>whose <\/strong>vs. <strong>who&#8217;s <\/strong>in English?<\/p>\n<p>These are pronounced exactly the same, but they have different meanings.<\/p>\n<h3>Whose: Possessive pronoun<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Whose<\/strong> is a possessive pronoun (like my, your, his, Sarah&#8217;s, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>We use it when we <strong>don\u2019t know<\/strong> the owner of something. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Whose<\/strong> jacket is this?<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not sure <strong>whose<\/strong> car is parked in front of our driveway.<\/li>\n<li>The police are trying to discover <strong>whose<\/strong> fingerprints are on the gun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Who&#8217;s: Short form of &#8220;who is&#8221; or &#8220;who has&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/50-contractions-in-english-list-examples\/\">contraction<\/a>, a short form, of the words \u201cwho is\u201d(more common) or \u201cwho has.\u201d For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Who\u2019s<\/strong> coming to the party?<br \/>\n<em>(who is coming)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t know <strong>who\u2019s<\/strong> responsible for the delay.<br \/>\n<em>(who is responsible)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>We have a friend <strong>who\u2019s<\/strong> been learning English for many years.<br \/>\n<em>(who has been learning)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now you know when to use whose vs. who&#8217;s! 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These are pronounced exactly the same, but they have different meanings. Whose: Possessive pronoun Whose is a possessive pronoun (like my, your, his, Sarah&#8217;s, etc.) We use it when we don\u2019t know the owner of something. 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