Whose vs Who in this sentense?

2011-08-08 2:17 am
I can understand that whose is the possessive form of whom and who’s is a contraction of who is however, I'm unsure on which one to use in the following sentence:

She's a young talented girl whose/who's also a teacher.
更新1:

Funny I typed sentense in my question but then I typed sentence afterward, I guess I wasn't thinking. So the answer is "who's". Thank you all!

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2011-08-08 3:04 am
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Who's is a contraction of the interrogative pronoun, who, and the verb is
Who is = who's

Who's your best friend? = Who is your best friend?

Whose is a determiner, or possessive adjective (two names for the same thing).

She's a talented young girl who IS also a teacher
= a talented young girl who's also a teacher

You know that it must be 'who's' because there is an object, a teacher. The article 'a' is a giveaway too; "whose" the possessive is never followed by an article.
You can be a teacher (who IS a teacher, is, from to be, she is). But 'whose' wouldn't make sense here.

'whose' just means 'OF the person I just mentionned.

The girl whose teacher I just spoke to.
I just spoke to the girl's teacher, the teacher of the girl.

:) Good luck
參考: I'm English. :)
2011-08-08 2:59 am
if you can replace who's by who is, it is correct.

She is a young talented girl who is also a teacher--correct
2011-08-08 2:23 am
it would be "who's" because "whose" is possessive which would not work in that sentence
2011-08-08 2:19 am
Who's. It means "Who is".

Also, it is spelled sentence not "sentense".
2011-08-08 2:19 am
It would be who's.
2011-08-08 2:18 am
she is not posessing anything if she is 'also a good teacher', so it is who's


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