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Understanding the difference between commonly confused words will help you avoid making errors in English usage. Let’s examine the difference between the following:
who’s
Who’s is a contraction of who is or who has.
Who’s going to take out the garbage?
whose
Whose is a possessive pronoun meaning belonging to or associated with which person. It’s the possessive form of who.
Whose turn is it to take out the garbage?
☛ If you’re unsure which word to use, here’s a tip: if you can replace the word in question with who is or who has, then who’s is the correct choice (“Who is going to take out the garbage?”). Otherwise, use whose.
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