“She mistook whose for who's.”
Homophones Entry 1605 / 1605 60-second read
Whose vs. Who\'s
Possessive versus contraction of who is.
The comparisoni
“She mistook whose for who's — they sound alike but mean different things: Possessive versus contraction of who is.”
The ruleii
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WHOSE ≠ WHO'S.
Whose and Who\'s are homophones — pronounced the same. Possessive versus contraction of who is. Different meanings, different roles in a sentence.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
WHOSE vs WHO'S — same sound, different meaning.