Whose vs Their - What's the difference?
whose | their |
Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as an interrogative pronoun).
Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as a relative pronoun).
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Of which, belonging to which; (used as a relative pronoun).
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* 1594 , Shakespeare, William, The Comedy of Errors , act IV, scene 3, line 1172:
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* {{quote-book
, year = 2007
, first = J. K.
, last = Rowling
, authorlink = J. K. Rowling
, title = (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
, location = (quoted edition: London
, publisher=Bloomsbury, 2008
, isbn = 978 0 7475 9586 1
, page = 93)
, passage = ‘I mean ... if somebody made a mistake,’ Harry went on, ‘and let something slip, I know they didn’t mean to do it. It’s not their fault,’ he repeated, again a little louder than he would usually have spoken.
}}
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As a pronoun whose
is of whom, belonging to whom; used as an interrogative pronoun.As a determiner their is
Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).whose
English
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- (=This man's dog caused the accident.)
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- (=The roofs are falling off several houses we saw.)
their
English
Determiner
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, passage=For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.}}
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
- There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
As if I were their well-acquainted friend
