The apostrophe causes problems with these two homophones.
Whose is apossessive pronoun.
Incorrect:
Who'scar is this?
Correct:
Whosecar is this?
Who's is thecontraction of
who and
is. Again, the apostrophe (like withit's) indicates the omission of a letter.
Incorrect:
Whoseon first using
who's glove?
Correct:
Who's onfirst using
whose glove?
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Published on December 08, 2011 06:20