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Anyone can tell me a true difference between WHO and WHOSE?

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Question added by wafia sajjad
Date Posted: 2015/12/15
Abdulelah Fallatah
by Abdulelah Fallatah , Tech-Support Specialist & Programmer , Al-Rayan Colleges

WHO in a question basically means "Which person."

e.g.

My door is fixed. Who fixed it for me, so I can thank them?

 

WHO as a relative pronoun is used to specifically say which person or people we are talking about.

e.g.

Out of these five students, Khadeejah is the student who scored a full mark.

 

WHOSE in a question refers to "which person whom something or things belongs to."

e.g.

Whose keys are those? = Which person whom the keys belongs to?

 

WHOSE as a relative pronoun is used to specifically say which person or people possess something or things.

e.g.

I am the person whose wallet was missing. Thank you for keeping it.

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