whose
pronoun,determiner
uk/huːz/us/huːz/B1
usedespeciallyinquestionswhenaskingabout whichpersonownsor isresponsiblefor something:
谁的Whose is thisbag?这是谁的包？
Whosebagis this?这个包是谁的？
- Whose are theseshoes.
- I didn'tknowwhosemoneyit was.
- Do youknowwhosecarthat is?
Linguistics: question words & expressions
- amirite
- devil
- extent
- how about...?idiom
- how, what, why, etc. on earth...idiom
- in God's/heaven's nameidiom
- question tag
- trick
- what the blazes...?idiom
- what's that (all) about (then)?idiom
- what's the score?idiom
- what/where/how/why the devilidiom
- when
- whenever
- where
- wherefore
- which
- who
- why don't you...?idiom
- world
Grammar
Questions: interrogative pronouns (what,who)
We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. They are: who, which, whom, what and whose. These are also known as wh-words. Questions using these are called wh-questions:…Interrogative pronouns: uses
We use who and whom on their own:…Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.…Relative pronoun:whose
We usually use whose as a relative pronoun to indicate possession by people and animals. In more formal styles we can also use it for things.…No relative pronoun
In informal styles, we often leave out the relative pronoun. We only do this in defining relative clauses, and when the relative pronoun is the object of the verb. We don’t leave out the relative pronoun when it is the subject of the verb nor in non-defining relative clauses:…Relative pronouns: typical errors
We can’t use that instead of who, whom or which in non-defining relative clauses:…Whole
Whole is a determiner. We use whole before nouns and after other determiners (my, the, a/an, their) to talk about quantity. We use it to describe the completeness of something:…Whose
Whose is a wh-word. We use whose to ask questions and to introduce relative clauses.…Whoseas a question word
We use whose to ask a question about possession:…Whosein relative clauses
We use whose to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and things:…whose
determiner
uk/huːz/us/huːz/B1
used foraddinginformationabout apersonor thing justmentioned:
（用于附加所提及的人或物的信息）Cohen, whoseshortfilmwonawards, waschosentodirectthemovie.科恩，就是那个短片获奖的人，被选中导演这部电影。
There was apicturein thepaperof a man whoseleghad beenblownoff.报纸上有一张照片，照片中那个男人的腿被炸掉了。
Theymeetin anoldhouse, whosebasementhas beenconvertedinto achapel.他们在一所旧房子里见面，那所房子的地下室已经被改建成了一个小礼拜堂。
Frauddetectivesareinvestigatingthecompany, three of whoseseniorexecutiveshave already beenarrested.反诈骗侦探正在调查那家公司，该公司的3名高级管理人员已被拘捕。
- Theschemeisdesignedtohelpchildrenwhoseparentshavefallenon hardtimes.
- It's an Australiancompanywhoselogofeaturesaredkangaroo.
- It's verydifficulttointegrateyourself into asocietywhosecultureis so different fromyourown.
- There's noprofitto begainedfromendlesslydiscussingwhosefaultit was.
- You can'tsiton thefenceanylonger- you havedecidewhosesideyou're on.
Linguistics: relative forms
- howsoever
- or
- that
- what
- whatever
- whence
- whenever
- where
- whereby
- whereof
- wheresoever
- wherever
- which
- whichever
- whom
- whomever
- whosoever
- wot
Grammar
Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.…Relative pronoun:whose
We usually use whose as a relative pronoun to indicate possession by people and animals. In more formal styles we can also use it for things.…No relative pronoun
In informal styles, we often leave out the relative pronoun. We only do this in defining relative clauses, and when the relative pronoun is the object of the verb. We don’t leave out the relative pronoun when it is the subject of the verb nor in non-defining relative clauses:…Relative pronouns: typical errors
We can’t use that instead of who, whom or which in non-defining relative clauses:…Whole
Whole is a determiner. We use whole before nouns and after other determiners (my, the, a/an, their) to talk about quantity. We use it to describe the completeness of something:…Whose
Whose is a wh-word. We use whose to ask questions and to introduce relative clauses.…Whoseas a question word
We use whose to ask a question about possession:…Whosein relative clauses
We use whose to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and things:…