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How to spell whose

Whose is spelled W-H-O-S-E.

What it means: Used to ask who owns something.

In a sentence: Whose teddy bear is this on the sofa? ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Not to be confused with: who's, a different word.

Same family: who, whoever, whom, who's, whosever. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Whose” comes from Old English “hwæs,” the genitive (possessive) form of “hwā,” meaning “who.” It has been used as the possessive form of both people and things for many centuries, even though some modern speakers think it should only refer to people.

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