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Who’s Misusing Whose?
People have a lot of trouble with the word whose.
A short web cruise will turn up numerous examples of the error of writing who’s when the context calls for whose. For example:
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Do any of you have favorite authors who’s books have become hard to find?
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People who’s lives are manipulated by others…
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What to do with a step daughter who’s behavior is out of control
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When Driving A Borrowed Car: who’s Policy Covers What?
Like it’s, who’s is a contraction. And like it’s, the misuse of who’s screams ignorance or extremely slipshod writing.
Who’s is a contraction for the words who is.
Whose is a word of many uses. Here are some examples of ways in which it may be used to stand for nouns, describe nouns, ask a question, or introduce a clause:
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Whose are these keys?
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Whose dog is this?
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Don’t forget whose son you are.
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He found a laptop and wondered whose it was.
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That’s the race horse whose winnings made Jones a millionaire. Don’t delay the passengers whose passports have already been stamped.
NOTE: When the antecedent is inanimate, whose may be replaced by of which: The new car, the luxury of which impressed everyone, is a domestic make.
However, since the by which construction often produces what the Oxford English Dictionary calls “an intolerably clumsy form,” whose is often used for inanimate antecedents as well: This is the cottage whose shutters and thatched roof so delight me.
Because I don’t like to leave egregious errors floating in people’s minds, here are the corrected sentences:
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Do any of you have favorite authors whose books have become hard to find?
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People whose lives are manipulated by others…
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What to do with a step-daughter whose behavior is out of control
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When Driving A Borrowed Car: Whose Policy Covers What?
- Source: Daily Writing Tips
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