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Who vs Whom: Keep It Correct Without Overthinking

A practical test for choosing who or whom in modern writing.

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Master one of the most common apostrophe errors in English writing.

Whose

contraction, det, pron

Contraction

Determiner

1
Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's. interrogative
"Whose (wallet) is this?"
2
Honorific alternative letter-case form of whose, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific
"Saviour, Whose love constrained them / To toil with zeal untired,"
3
Of whom, belonging to whom. relative
"This is the man whose dog caused the accident."
4
Of which, belonging to which. relative
"We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off."

Pronoun

1
That or those of whom or belonging to whom. interrogative
"Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?"
2
That or those of whom or belonging to whom. relative
"This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly."

Etymology 1

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

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