Frequently Confused Words

_____ owns the sailboat over there?

• Who

• Whom

To _____ did the coach assign thirty sit-ups.

• who

• whom

_____ on first?

• Who's

• Whose

_____ turn is it?

• Who's

• Whose

Ella is someone _____ willing to clean up after the event.

• who's

• whose

The court's decision will not _____ the established legal precedent.

• effect

• affect

The _____ of the court's decision on public opinion will be minimal.

• effect

• affect

The _____ of the waves had no bearing on the sandcastles.

• affect

• effect

_____ time for you to start pulling your weight.

• Its

• Its'

• It's

The spider became tangled in _____ web.

• its'

• its

• it's