Talk:whose

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Etymology[edit]

There needs to be a section on etymology. I assume it's from earlier English, a transliteration of "who's"? This needs to be cited.

Section added. —Stephen 19:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If #3 is "proscribed by some", what is to be used instead? The undiscovered country from the bourn of which no traveller returns?

Used instead: We saw several houses the roofs of which are falling off. —Stephen 15:53, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

what person's[edit]

I. Interrogative uses (direct and dependent). 1. Of whom; belonging to whom; what person's. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]