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Whose vs Who's

Quick answer: Who's always means 'who is' or 'who has' — the apostrophe marks the missing letters. Whose is the possessive: whose backpack is this?

Whose

Possessive determiner/pronoun: belonging to whom.

“Whose turn is it?”

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Who's

Contraction: who is / who has.

“Who's ready for recess?”

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How to remember it

Expand it: if 'who is' fits, write who's. If not, whose.

Common mistake

'Who's book is this?' — no letters are missing; use whose.

Or compare any two words →

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