Confusables Entry 390 / 1011 60-second read

Whose vs. Who's

Possessive form versus the contraction for 'who is'.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Whos turn is it to deploy?

✓ Correct

Whose turn is it to deploy?

The ruleii

WHOSE = belonging to which person.

The apostrophe usually signals possession (Nil's blog), but for pronouns, it signals a contraction.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Who's = Who Is. If you can't replace it with 'who is', use 'whose'.

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