tone I read this word somewhere within the last week and was going to write it down but by the time I got around to doing so I could not find the article where it was mentioned. The word is rather long and I believe it begins with an "A". Unfortunately I have forgotten how it is spelled or even the sample sentence the author gave. Not much help am I?
The word you are looking for is "homograph." Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and pronunciations based on their context.
"Whose" is used in a sentence when you are asking about or indicating possession or ownership of something by someone. For example, "Whose book is this?" or "She is the one whose car was stolen."
Some examples of words whose meaning changes when the stress is shifted are: "record" (a noun meaning a physical document vs. a verb meaning to document), "permit" (a noun meaning an official document vs. a verb meaning to allow), and "present" (a noun meaning a gift vs. an adjective meaning currently happening).
Whose book is this?
The incorrect word in the sentence is "whos." It should be spelled as "whose." The correct sentence would be: "Whose book is this?"
Sarah is the student whose project won first place in the science fair.
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Who's to blame? "Who's" is a conjunction meaning "who is?" So, if you want to construct a sentence using "who's," try to say "who is" and see if the sentence still makes sense. Whose towel was left on the locker room's floor? "Whose" is the possessive of "who"; denoting ownership, e.g., whose towel, whose car, whose newspaper.
The supporting sentence obviates the underlying tone of the opening sentence, whose meaning may have been lost on the casual listener.
example: "Whose is this?"
example: "Whose is this?"
Some examples of words whose meaning changes when the stress is shifted are: "record" (a noun meaning a physical document vs. a verb meaning to document), "permit" (a noun meaning an official document vs. a verb meaning to allow), and "present" (a noun meaning a gift vs. an adjective meaning currently happening).
"Whose" is used in a sentence when you are asking about or indicating possession or ownership of something by someone. For example, "Whose book is this?" or "She is the one whose car was stolen."
"Who" is used as a subject pronoun to refer to a person, while "whose" is a possessive pronoun used to show ownership or association with a person. For example, "Who is coming to the party?" and "Whose book is this?"
Whose mess is that!
Sarah is the student whose project won first place in the science fair.
I don't know whose question it was. Did you see whose car that was?
WHOSE that lady? By 'Morgan in 6th grade