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Olive bee Posted 8 years ago
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It was/were you, who did it (referring "you" to singular

Is it possible to say:

It were you (singular) who painted this canvas. (something tells me that "was" should be put, since "it" should agree with "was", but who knows...

  

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olive bee "was" should be put, since "it" should agree with "was" Correct. )

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olive bee"was" should be put, since "it" should agree with "was"

Correct.

("It were ..." may be heard in certain dialects, but it is not correct standard English.)

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