What is the use of the particle "の" and "ある方"?


I am a bit confused about this sentence I came across while studying:

質問のある方はどうぞ。 "Please feel free to ask any questions."

I'm not sure about the "のある方" part of the sentence.

My guess is that it would have to mean "to ask" in some way, but I can't
figure out how. Is the の possessive?

Thank's for the help.




方 here is かた (honorific 'person'), so 質問のある方 means 'anyone who has questions'.
の is often used in relative clauses to mark subject (where が might otherwise
be expected).




This is the same thing as `質問がある方はどうぞ` → "Anyone who has a question, go ahead
(and ask)". `方` here is just the polite word for "person". As @summea
suggested in their comment, `の` can replace `が` in some situations, so you
should look into that. There are some questions on this site regarding that,
but I'm having a hard time finding them right now.

