Asking about Possession
What is the difference, if any, between the following questions?
a. Whose car is this?
b. Who has this car?
Thanks.
Top answer
The first question is asking about who owns the car. That is a reference to who paid for the car or received it as a gift. The second question is asking about who is in possession of the car at the moment, though the car belongs to someone else.
- The first question is asking about who owns the car.
- That is a reference to who paid for the car or received it as a gift.
- The second question is asking about who is in possession of the car at the moment, though the car belongs to someone else.
- I bought my car last year.
- Whose car is it?
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The first question is asking about who owns the car. That is a reference to who paid for the car or received it as a gift.
The second question is asking about who is in possession of the car at the moment, though the car belongs to someone else.
I bought my car last year. Whose car is it? It's mine.
Who has the car? My brother has it. I lent it to him.
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