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Starget1 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Anyone of you who does not have / Anyone of you who do not have ?

0Hi all,02br
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00Can someone tell me which one is grammatically correct?02br
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01font00Anyone of you who does not have 00OR00 Anyone of you who do not have02font02br
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00After the word anyone, do I use "do" or "does"? But there is the word "you". So, the verb that follows will be having singular verb or plural verb?02br
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00Thanks, please guide me.0-
  

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0 Hi Starget02br 02br 00Neither one is quite correct. 02i 02br 02br 01i 00One02i 00 takes 01i 00does02i 00, third person singular. 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-

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  • 0 Hi Starget02br 02br 00Neither one is quite correct.
  • 02i 02br 02br 01i 00One02i 00 takes 01i 00does02i 00, third person singular.
  • 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-
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0 Hi Starget02br
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00Neither one is quite correct. Due to 01i00of02i00, 'anyone' must be two words:02br
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01i00Any one of you who does not have...02i02br
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01i00One02i00 takes 01i00does02i00, third person singular. The form of the verb has nothing t
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Hi Starget12br
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10Neither one is quite correct. Due to 11i10of12i10, 'anyone' must be two words:12br
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11i10Any one of you who does not have...12i12br
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11i10One12i10 takes 11i1
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0 Starget, you do realise that the structure you are asking about isn't normally used, don't you? We usually say:02br
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01i00None of you has/have...02i02br
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01i00None02i00 can take a singular or a plural verb.02br
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Starget, you do realise that the structure you are asking about isn't normally used, don't you? We usually say:12br
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11i10None of you has/have...12i12br
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11i10None12i10 can take a singular or a plural verb.12br
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0But how about this sentence:02br
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00She is one of the girls who 01b00have02b00 passed the exam?0-
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01cite10Starget112cite10In fact I didn't realise that the structure that I asked just now is not normally used. Here's the full sentence. 12br
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11i11font10Any one of you who does not have any idea what email is?12font12i12br
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10The sentenc
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01cite10Belly12cite10But how about this sentence:12br
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10She is one of the girls who 11b10have12b10 passed the exam?12br
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10Hi Belly02br
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00Good point! The antecedent is 01i00girls02i00 and therefore 01
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01cite10Belly12cite10But how about this sentence:12br
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10She is one of the girls who 11b10have12b10 passed the exam?12br
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10She is one of the girls who 01b00have02b00 passed the exam. (ok)02br
00The girls 01b0
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10By the way, this seems to be a universal phenomenon: Finns make a similar mistake speaking Finnish!15012br
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10Interesting, that happens in Italian too, but I don't think it is a mistake. I think no one notices those kinds of things. 051010id111id1
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite11blockquote
11cite20Starget122cite22br
20In fact I didn't realise that the structure that I asked just now is not normally used. Here's the full sentence. 22br
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21i21font20Any one of you who does not have any
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