作者：谢宗春
[问] Hello, Mr Whose, nice to meet you! I am from ECP. 第一次听到你的大名，许多同学都把你误作who's了。能谈谈你们俩的不同吗？
[答] 这也难怪，who's和我whose读音相同嘛--我们都读作/hu:z/。不过，who's是who和is的缩写形式，是个"二合一"的单词，它的提问对象是"人"；而我whose是who的所有格形式，是个独立的"原创词汇"，我的提问对象是"所有关系"，意为"谁的"。
[问] Oh, I see! 请问，你在句子中都扮演些什么样的角色呢？
[答] 我在句中一般作定语和表语，你瞧：
1. 定语→Whose+名词+ be+其他？如：
Whose computer is that?
2. 表语→Whose+be+其他？如：
Whose are these books?
[问] 你刚才谈到了你的提问对象是"所有关系"，能具体谈谈吗？
[答] Of course. 具体地说，我的提问对象有以下二个：
1. 形容词性或名词性物主代词。如：
These are my apples. →Whose apples are these?
That new bike is hers. →Whose is that new bike?
2. 名词所有格。如：
Those are the twins' clothes. →Whose clothes are those?
Kate's brother is in the tree. →Whose brother is in the tree?