The apostrophe causes problems with these two homophones.
Whose is a
possessive pronoun.
Incorrect: Who’s
car is this?
Correct: Whose
car is this?
Who’s is the
contraction of who and is. Again, the apostrophe (like with
it’s) indicates the omission of a letter.
Incorrect: Whose
on first using who’s glove?
Correct: Who’s on
first using whose glove?
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(Isn't he cute?)
4 comments:
Aw, cute little ninja :D
Isn't he, though?
Love it, wish I would have thought of it myself. Collect them all and become the next Grammar Girl. :)
Left a review on Amazon for this. wife and I share Amazon account, you’ll see what I mean.
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