PAST / PASSED?
I’ve had LOTS of requests for info on these confusing words, so I do hope this clears up any confusion!
* If you PASS [drive by] a car on the freeway, you’ve PASSED it. [past tense of *to pass*]
* A Parliamentary motion is PASSED. [past tense of *to pass*]
* A Parliamentary motion is being discussed – the Parliament wants to PASS the motion. [present tense of *to pass*]
* The shop is PAST [beyond] the corner.
TIP: *PAST* the corner is not a form of *to pass*, hence is spelled differently.
TIP: *PASSED* is the past tense of *to pass*.
VERB: TO PASS:
Present Tense:
I pass
You pass
He/she passes
They pass
We pass
Past Tense:
I passed
You passed
He/she passed
They passed
We passed
Make sense now? I hope so!
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Hi Jackson,
Nice to hear from you again!
So now you know that ‘Whose who’ is wrong, and it should be ‘Who’s Who’.
As for no question mark, it could easily be a statement OR a question, so a question mark isn’t compulsory.
This is the correct statement from your three examples:
3. “Who’s who on the Titanic’s List of Passengers…”
Remember to say ALL the words including the missing bits, so it is actually:
3. “Who -IS- who on the Titanic’s List of Passengers…”
For more info, pop over to the WHOSE / WHO’S page >>
Hope this helps,
Cheers
Teena