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- noun Plural form of
who .
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Examples
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Is Iraq a Threat? with numbers like these, how could it not be? wait a minute, whos is the threat to America?
Think Progress » Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces 2005
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Some Mr T Park [4] sent me a volume of his poems last week, with a note; its praises too gross for one whos is no fowl-feeder.
Letter 212 1797
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The first one, that he’s got one too few ands or one too many whos, is commonplace in speech, where you can’t go back and check what you’ve been conjoining your phrases to and you don’t necessarily know at the outset how many conjuncts you’ll end up having.
Yanni illustrates an important point about grammar « Motivated Grammar 2008
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2 Recd. a letter by mail from John Coburn Washington on the subject of quarying stone. a man called whos name is Solomon Boyer lives in Sharpsg wants shingles to make says he lives with Mrs. Smith the weather has changed cooler this afternoon.
Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839, 1961
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Maxwell is, and that Angela is knocking at Miss Carey's door at two o'clock in the morning because she has left Harry, her husband, after a quarrel the roots of which lie in the past, so every playlet must state in its very first speeches, the "whos" and "whys" -- the premises -- out of which the playlet logically develops.
Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page
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Clarendon's manner, with labyrinths of "whos" and "whiches" such as too frequently content Milton and Taylor.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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Then find yourself a good pastor or preacher or someone with knowledge of Gods word whos more like a humble servant and less like a super-preacher rip-off artist, and you’ll be on your way. darwinfinch
Hey, "Evolution News": correct this! - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Do they simply want to see a visa .... or do they have a list of all countrys whos citizens are permitted into Canada.
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Do they simply want to see a visa .... or do they have a list of all countrys whos citizens are permitted into Canada.
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Im from new jersey and I love the idea behind this show … everyone whos acutally from the state knows the guidos at places like seaside are hysterical and we make fun of them as much as people who arent from new jersey.
MTV's 'Jersey Shore' -- let the fist pumping commence | EW.com 2009
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