1、读音不同
who 英 [hu:] 美 [hu]
例句:I wonder who that letter was from. 我不知道是谁来的信。
whose 英 [hu:z] 美 [huz]
例句:Whose house is that? 那是谁的房子?
2、含义不同
who pron. 谁;什么人;关系代词,有先行词;孰
例句:The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card.
我们在法国结识的人给我们寄来了一张贺卡。
whose pron. 谁的;那个人的,那些人的;他的,他们的
例句:It's the house whose door is painted red.
这就是那所门涂成红色的房子。
3、用法不同
1)用于疑问句,做特殊疑问词。who谁, whose谁的。
例句:Who is the girl? 那个女孩是谁?
2)用于定语从句时做连接代词,who指先行词人, whose指先行词 人的。
例句:The boy who is singing is called Tom。正在唱歌的那个男孩叫汤姆。
扩展资料:
定语从句中whose的用法whose引导的定语从句是语法重点。
一、whose为who的所有格,作“某(些)人的……”解,它所指代的先行词必须是人,其引导的定语从句修饰它的先行词,同时它本身在从句中作定语。
This is the little girl whose parents were killed in the great earthquake.这就是在那次大地震中失去双亲的那个小姑娘。
Mr Liu wants to talk to the students whose homework hasn't been handed in.刘老师要跟那些没交家庭作业的学生谈话。
二、whose也可作which的所有格,作“某(些)物的……”解,它所指代的先行词必须是物,其语法功能同上。
The company whose name was Notco was in Australia.那个名叫诺特可的公司设在澳大利亚。
We live in a house whose windows open to the south.我们居住在一所窗户朝南开的房子里。
三、whose可修饰定语从句中的主语、宾语、介词宾语等不同成分。
Mr King,whose legs were badly hurt,was quickly taken to hospital.金先生的腿受了重伤,很快就被送往医院。(whose修饰定语从句中的主语legs)
We shall have to make a decision about Ms King,whose story I've just told you.关于金女士的情况,我刚才已经告诉你们了,我们得对她的事情作出决定。(whose修饰定语从句中的宾语 story)
四、whose既可引导限制性定语从句,亦可引导非限制性定语从句。
The boss in whose department Mr King worked called at the hospital.金先生工作单位的老板到医院来探视。(限制性定语从句)