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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A question about "who" and "whoever"

"who" can be taken both as a singular form or a plural form:

Who is standing there?

Who are standing there?

What about"whoever"? Can we say"Whoever break the law shall be punished"?
  

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'' The third one should read: '' whoever break s the law shall be punished''. whoever remains singular. Savvy

— Savvysavz

  • '' The third one should read: '' whoever break s the law shall be punished''.
  • whoever remains singular.
  • Savvy
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The second sentence should be: ''who all are standing there?''

The third one should read: '' whoever breaks the law shall be punished''.

whoever remains singular.

Savvy
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Qingqing"who" can be taken both as a singular form or a plural form:

Who is standing there?

Who are standing there?

What about"whoever"? Can we say"Whoever break the law shall be punished"?

As the subject of a sentence, 'who' is generally singular. In other cases, such as the subject of a relative cla
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SavvysavzThe second sentence should be: ''who all are standing there?''

The third one should read: '' whoever breaks the law shall be punished''.

whoever remains singular.

Savvy
I cannot speak to the accuracy or inaccuracy of "who al
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Ask a question about the underlined part: The children are standing there.

We'll get "Who are standing there?" Right?

As to the sentences (Whoever breaks the law will be punished." "All will be punished for breaking the law, whoever they are.), can we draw a conclution that in the clause when "whoever" is a predicative, it can be used as
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