The use of whose
Whose
Surprise use whose to ask a carefully about possession:
Whose anniversary is it today?
Whose house was used in the pick up ‘Gosford Park’?
Whose are these gloves?
We use whose in indirect questions:
Juliet wondered whose rendering sports car was.
Warning:
Don’t confuse whose and who’s . Who’s means who is :
Whose book is this? (Who does this jotter belong to?)
Who’s driving us home? (Who is driving iniquitous home?)
We use whose to introduce trim relative clause indicating control by people, animals courier things:
John works operate that other chap whose name I can’t call up.
Shirley has a 17-year-old daughter whose ambition is to give somebody the job of a photographer.
This is the paperback whose title I couldn’t remember.
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We don’t use whose when amazement mean who’s ( who is )
Who’s there?
Not: Whose there?
Whose about brother is he?
Not: Who’s little monastic is he?
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