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Post by Smiley on Feb 9, 2003 14:15:23 GMT -5
I have been wondering about this one for a while...in second through fourth grade, I was taught "whose" but many people use "who's". Are they both acceptible? ;D
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 9, 2003 14:17:59 GMT -5
I don't know. On WordWeb, a dictionary/thesaurus thing, the definition of whose is "of which person?", which...meh. I'll just leave it at "I don't know."
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Post by Tdyans on Feb 9, 2003 16:11:51 GMT -5
"Who's" is the contraction of "Who is" -- it is only correct in that context.
Example: "Who's kicking my chair?"
"Whose" deals with ownership.
Example: "Whose dog is this?"
If you can't substitute "Who is" for "who's" in your sentence, you should be using "Whose."
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Post by L on Feb 9, 2003 16:23:26 GMT -5
Someone should have showed this to Epk whose article included this sentance: Quote: Your not going to vote for a Neopet who's owner is known for hacking, stealing, and scamming, right? While we're at it- you can tell the difference between your and you're in the same way Tracy described.  |
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Post by matterbugadoption on Feb 9, 2003 16:31:10 GMT -5
Your very right Shidi. ;D
Another way to tell is like this...
If you can answer the question with the word he use who. If you can answer the question with the word him use whom. For example.
(Who,Whom) is making that noise. You would say he is making the noise so the correct word is who.
Got it? Good!
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Post by Smiley on Feb 9, 2003 16:39:28 GMT -5
Thanks, everybody! I'm not sure why I couldn't figure that out...I mean, I have always known the difference between "your" and "you're" and "their" and "they're" right down to a science. Well, thanks!
And I was always confused with "who" and "whom", too...thanks for clearing it up!
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Post by Tdyans on Feb 9, 2003 17:22:18 GMT -5
Your very right Shidi. ;D Another way to tell is like this... If you can answer the question with the word he use who. If you can answer the question with the word him use whom. For example. (Who,Whom) is making that noise. You would say he is making the noise so the correct word is who. Got it? Good! I'm going to have to take some time to get that one into my head. "Who vs. Whom" is my arch-enemy.  |
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 9, 2003 17:33:56 GMT -5
(Who,Whom) is making that noise. You would say he is making the noise so the correct word is who. You could always do it the more complicated way in figuring out whether it's the subject or object, blah, blah, but this is useful to know. Thanks! |
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Post by 843 on Feb 17, 2003 2:54:33 GMT -5
"Who's" is the contraction of "Who is" -- it is only correct in that context. Example: "Who's kicking my chair?" "Whose" deals with ownership. Example: "Whose dog is this?" If you can't substitute "Who is" for "who's" in your sentence, you should be using "Whose." Yeah, he is right. But I'm not 100% sure since I'm only at grade 8  |
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Post by Leb on Feb 18, 2003 18:17:42 GMT -5
Someone should have showed this to Epk whose article included this sentance: Quote: Your not going to vote for a Neopet who's owner is known for hacking, stealing, and scamming, right? Wow, L, do you have a collection of these sent e[/b]nces somewhere? This is how I remember who vs. whom: Who is subject, whom is direct object. In Latin, the singular direct object usually ends in m. But I just write/say "who" all the time anyways. |
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