Who's ownin' who? Who���s vs. whose

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Who's ownin' who? Who��s vs. whose

Sometimes possession doesn��t require an apostrophe. Such is the case with these two often confused words.

Who��s is a contraction for who is, and less commonly who has. For example, Who��s bringing potato chips to the party?

Whose is the possessive form of who, showing that something belongs to who. To wit, Whose house is the party at? (You wouldn��t write Who is house is the party at?...)

While an apostrophe typically is used to show possession, of course it also can be used to show a contraction. The latter is the case with who��s. And while rare, sometimes possession is shown by changing the form of the word, as in whose.

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