Whose

Understanding Whose

Whose is like the possessive version of who and which. It's used when we want to know about ownership or to describe relationships between people and things.

Examples of Using Whose

• In Questions: Whose jacket is this? (Asking who owns the jacket.)
• In Sentences: That's the musician whose song went viral. (Here, whose song went viral tells us more about the musician.)

Role in Conversation

• To figure out who owns something: Whose idea was this? 🤔
• To link people with things: She's the writer whose books I love. 📚

Common Mistakes to Avoid

1. Confusing Whose with Who's:
   • ❌ Incorrect: Who's bag is left in the room? (Wrongly using who's instead of whose.)
   • ✅ Correct: Whose bag is left in the room?
2. Using Whose in the Wrong Context:
   • ❌ Incorrect: Whose going to the game tonight? (Misusing whose for who's/who is.)
   • ✅ Correct: Who's going to the game tonight?
3. Misusing Whose in Descriptions:
   • ❌ Incorrect: The man, whose seemed angry, left the room. (Incorrectly using whose instead of who.)
   • ✅ Correct: The man, who seemed angry, left the room.
4. Incorrectly Forming Questions:
   • ❌ Incorrect: Whose you think will win the match? (Mixing up whose with who do.)
   • ✅ Correct: Who do you think will win the match?
5. Wrong Use in Relative Clauses:
   • ❌ Incorrect: They found the dog whose they thought was lost. (Incorrect structure.)
   • ✅ Correct: They found the dog, whose owner they thought was lost.