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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Can I use "are" ?
surely, it'd be magnificent to be like this person, but since it's not you who is doing so well, posting remarkable grades and completing schoolwork with such ease, feelings of anger build and build. "why can't i be more like this devil? why can't i be the special one?" you might ask yourself. well, i'm here to tell you that it can be you.
can I use "are" instead of "is", and why?
thanks
can I use "are" instead of "is", and why?
thanks
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Why not? It is confusing no matter which you use. It is you who is/are It is I who is/am It is she who is.
- Why not?
- It is confusing no matter which you use.
- It is you who is/are It is I who is/am It is she who is.
- Oh!
- This one is fine!
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Why not? It is confusing no matter which you use.
It is you who is/are
It is I who is/am
It is she who is...Oh! This one is fine!
It is you who is/are
It is I who is/am
It is she who is...Oh! This one is fine!
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It is you who are... is grammatically correct.
Then by analogy:
It is not you who are... is also grammatically correct.
Some might, however, consider it to be a hypercorrection. And in spoken English, you will hear "It's me that is..." far more often than the correct "It is I who am...". But there's a clever way to go around that kind of problem:
Then by analogy:
It is not you who are... is also grammatically correct.
Some might, however, consider it to be a hypercorrection. And in spoken English, you will hear "It's me that is..." far more often than the correct "It is I who am...". But there's a clever way to go around that kind of problem:
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