Whose
pronoun
Used to show relationships between two items or people, indicating that something belongs to or is related to someone.
Whose book is this?
Often appears as...
- whose turn
- whose fault
pronoun
Used to introduce a clause where you talk about the owner of something.
He's the man whose car was stolen.
Often appears as...
- man whose
- woman whose
pronoun
Used to ask which person owns or is responsible for something.
Whose is this bag?
Often appears as...
- whose is this
- whose is that
pronoun
Used to show relationships between two items or people, indicating that something belongs to or is related to someone.
Whose book is this?
Often appears as...
- whose turn
- whose fault
pronoun
Used to introduce a clause where you talk about the owner of something.
He's the man whose car was stolen.
Often appears as...
- man whose
- woman whose
pronoun
Used to ask which person owns or is responsible for something.
Whose is this bag?
Often appears as...
- whose is this
- whose is that
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Possessive Context
Use 'whose' to clarify who something belongs to, especially when multiple people are present.
In the team, whose schedule is the busiest?
Pro Tip 2/3Question Form
'Whose' often introduces a question about ownership. The expected answer should identify a person.
Whose notebook is on the table?
Pro Tip 3/3Clarification Needed
Use 'whose' to avoid confusion when items or actions could be associated with several people.
They found a lost puppy, but whose responsibility is it to find the owner?
Pro Tip 1/3Possessive Context
Use 'whose' to clarify who something belongs to, especially when multiple people are present.
In the team, whose schedule is the busiest?
Pro Tip 2/3Question Form
'Whose' often introduces a question about ownership. The expected answer should identify a person.
Whose notebook is on the table?
Pro Tip 3/3Clarification Needed
Use 'whose' to avoid confusion when items or actions could be associated with several people.
They found a lost puppy, but whose responsibility is it to find the owner?
Pro Tip 1/3Possessive Context
Use 'whose' to clarify who something belongs to, especially when multiple people are present.
In the team, whose schedule is the busiest?
Pro Tip 2/3Question Form
'Whose' often introduces a question about ownership. The expected answer should identify a person.
Whose notebook is on the table?
Pro Tip 3/3Clarification Needed
Use 'whose' to avoid confusion when items or actions could be associated with several people.
They found a lost puppy, but whose responsibility is it to find the owner?
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English Author
I'm not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We're not 'celebrities', whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They're what people meet.
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Epictetus
Greek Philosopher
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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American Author
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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Frank McCourt
Irish Author
Every life is a mystery. There is nobody whose life is normal and boring.
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Thomas Mann
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A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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