Who vs Whos - What's the difference?
who | whos |
(interrogative pronoun) What person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).
(relative pronoun) The person or people that.
A person under discussion; a question of which person.
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As nouns the difference between who and whos
is that who is a person under discussion; a question of which person while whos is plural of lang=en.As a pronoun who
is what person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).As an acronym WHO
is the World Health Organization.who
English
Pronoun
- Who is that? (direct question)
- I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
- It was a nice man who helped us.
Usage notes
When "who" (or the other relative pronouns "that" and "which") is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus "I who am...", "He who is...", "You who are...", etc.Noun
(en noun)citation