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Whose and Possessive Pronouns

Whose is a pronoun used to ask about the owner of an object, followed by the object in question. It can be replaced by a possessive pronoun like her or his to avoid repetition when answering whose questions. Whose asks about ownership and possessive pronouns provide the answer without restating the object.

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Whose and Possessive Pronouns

Whose is a pronoun used to ask about the owner of an object, followed by the object in question. It can be replaced by a possessive pronoun like her or his to avoid repetition when answering whose questions. Whose asks about ownership and possessive pronouns provide the answer without restating the object.

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WHOSE.

USE: To ask about the owner of an object.

Notice that whose is followed by the object.

• Whose basket is this?

• Whose goggles are these?


Possessive pronouns.
USE: To avoid repetition.
• Whose basket is
this? It´s
her(=her basket).

• Whose goggles
are these? They
´re his.(his
goggles).

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