“who’s” is “who is”[1] or “who has”[2], and it can be wrestled into a possessive if you make “who” all or part of a name[3], but it’s the wrong sort of possessive for this context. If you really want the possessive form, it ought to be phrased “which person’s”, which is mostly what “whose” means.
(An actual linguist would speak more about the genitive and how it works in English, but I’m not as capable.)
[1]: e.g. “Who’s there?”
[2]: e.g. “Who’s let the cat out again?”
[3]: e.g. “This is you-know-who’s box of tricks.”
Well, that was an entirely unnecessary and lengthy correction to a mistake that was A) a typo I didn’t notice from using swipe on my phone keyboard, not a misunderstanding on grammar, and B) not an error that rendered my comment confusing or indecipherable requiring your clarification. But thank you for your (air quotes) help. I really hope that you’re a bot, not a person this annoying or one who writes that way.
I’m about 50/50 on grammar errors. They bother me either way, but sometimes I feel the need to correct them and try to explain why.
Today I seem to have worded it in a way that’s rubbed people the wrong way. It has gone better. You win some, you lose some.
And yes I know I sound like an LLM. I used to not be able to communicate my ideas at all (flashback to not being able to string a 500 word essay together at school) but then I got a job working technical support and I had to figure out a way of getting my ideas and explanations across. And this is now how I communicate, for better or worse.
Unfortunately, LLMs learned how to communicate in a not dissimilar way. And so we sound alike.
It’s called security.
“Wrong username. Correct password.”
“Uh… who’s password?”
Error: password already in use by CobainKiller94
*whose
“who’s” is “who is”[1] or “who has”[2], and it can be wrestled into a possessive if you make “who” all or part of a name[3], but it’s the wrong sort of possessive for this context. If you really want the possessive form, it ought to be phrased “which person’s”, which is mostly what “whose” means.
(An actual linguist would speak more about the genitive and how it works in English, but I’m not as capable.)
[1]: e.g. “Who’s there?” [2]: e.g. “Who’s let the cat out again?” [3]: e.g. “This is you-know-who’s box of tricks.”
Well, that was an entirely unnecessary and lengthy correction to a mistake that was A) a typo I didn’t notice from using swipe on my phone keyboard, not a misunderstanding on grammar, and B) not an error that rendered my comment confusing or indecipherable requiring your clarification. But thank you for your (air quotes) help. I really hope that you’re a bot, not a person this annoying or one who writes that way.
I’m about 50/50 on grammar errors. They bother me either way, but sometimes I feel the need to correct them and try to explain why.
Today I seem to have worded it in a way that’s rubbed people the wrong way. It has gone better. You win some, you lose some.
And yes I know I sound like an LLM. I used to not be able to communicate my ideas at all (flashback to not being able to string a 500 word essay together at school) but then I got a job working technical support and I had to figure out a way of getting my ideas and explanations across. And this is now how I communicate, for better or worse.
Unfortunately, LLMs learned how to communicate in a not dissimilar way. And so we sound alike.
I like the way you write, FWIW.
I don’t know who is password, or why is password, or when is password, but I do know where is password, and it’s out there!
But… how is password? Secure enough?