Apostrophes often get people into trouble, so it’s no surprise that people often struggle with whose vs. who’s. Though it is a fairly common error, it is also fairly easy to avoid.
撇號(hào)經(jīng)常會(huì)給人帶來誤解之處，因此，對(duì)于whose和who’s的使用也常常使人很多人糾結(jié)。這是非常常見的錯(cuò)誤，也較容易避免。
Whose和who’s有下面這些錯(cuò)誤用法：
1.沒有任何人會(huì)比你對(duì)自己的電影更有信心。
翻譯為： There’s no one whose (應(yīng)為who’s)going to believe in your movie more than you.
2.安的兒子即將準(zhǔn)備入學(xué)，這對(duì)于像安一樣的父母來說，并不能很好地接受。
翻譯為：It was not well received by parents like Anne, who’s (應(yīng)為whose)son is just getting ready to start school.
Who’s是‘who is’或‘who has’的縮寫詞：
I’m the one who’s going to be held responsible.
我是應(yīng)該承擔(dān)責(zé)任的那個(gè)人。
Paul’s a student who’s been in Canada on a student visa since 2009.
保羅是一個(gè)加拿大的學(xué)生，他持有2009年的學(xué)生簽證。
Whose是一個(gè)物主限定代詞，表示“某人的”:
87 % of the respondents are supportive of fines for parents whose children engage in antisocial behaviour.
87%的調(diào)查對(duì)象認(rèn)為，孩子參與了反社會(huì)行為，他們的父母應(yīng)該被處以罰款。
Whose turn is it to wash up?
這次該輪到誰洗餐具了?
You can keep from mixing these two up by remembering that who’s is another contraction. It’s formed from the pronoun who plus is (the third person singular of the verb ‘to be’), or has (the third person singular of the verb ‘to have’). The apostrophe stands for the omitted ‘i’ of ‘is’ or the ‘ha’ of ‘has’. One easy way to tell the two apart is by seeing if you can expand the contraction into two words or not.
可以通過記住who’s是一種縮寫形式從而防止將二者混淆。Who’s由代詞who和is(動(dòng)詞‘to be’的第三人稱單數(shù)形式)或者h(yuǎn)as(動(dòng)詞‘to has’的第三人稱單數(shù)形式)形成。撇號(hào)代表‘is’中省略的‘i’，或者‘has’中省略的‘ha’。一種簡(jiǎn)單的區(qū)分二者的方法是是否可以將所需的單詞擴(kuò)展成兩個(gè)單獨(dú)的詞。
Test out your knowledge with this quick quiz below.
用下面的小測(cè)驗(yàn)來檢驗(yàn)自己所學(xué)的知識(shí)吧。
1.I feel like the naughty schoolboy _____ been called to the headmistress’s office.我感覺那個(gè)淘氣的男學(xué)生已經(jīng)被叫到了女校長(zhǎng)的辦公室。
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2.I’d be very interested to hear from anyone else _____ involved in this project .我非常有興趣傾聽項(xiàng)目組中其他人的意見。
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3.We were keen to play with any band _____ fans might be persuaded to start following us, too.我們?cè)敢夂推渌魏螛逢?duì)合并，只要他們的粉絲也可以被說服支持我們。
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4.Kyle, _____ back was to her, turned around as he followed the gazes of his two friends. 凱爾起初是背對(duì)著她的，然后跟隨著他兩個(gè)朋友的目光轉(zhuǎn)過身來。
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5.All that is by the by, as anyone _____ been watching the news lately will tell you. 所有的這些都是順便說說，任何一個(gè)最近看新聞的人都會(huì)告訴你。
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