Who-Is-Whose | Commonly Confused Words

Who is

/huː ɪz/

A question phrase used to inquire about the identity of a person.

Who's leading the project next quarter?Who's that musician playing the violin?Who is calling at this late hour?

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/huːz/

Used to ask or to indicate who something belongs to or is associated with

The devil, whose name was Mephostophilis, bowed courteously and disappeared.Whose is it?' The girl moved back, a little shocked.'Whose dog is that?'

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Who is is a contraction, meaning a shortened form of who is or who has.
Whose is a possessive adjective, indicating ownership of something.
Remember that whose is always followed by a noun, as it is pointing to something that belongs to someone.
You can often substitute who is with who is in a sentence to check if it makes sense. If it doesn’t make sense, use whose.
If youre asking about possession, like Whose book is this?, whose' is the correct choice.