"Who have been" OR "Who has been"

2) is the only correct answer.

You are only talking about one person - Peter - so you use the singular form 'has'.

If it were more than one person you would use 'have' - for example:

Peter and June have been very kind to me.

Pradeep_tpHello,

Can anyone helping in finding out, which of the folloing two sentences are grammatically correct.

1) I know Peter who have been very kind to me

2) I know Peter who has been very kind to me.

In internet and many magazines, I have seen both the phrases being used. Can anyone please tell me the difference.

Is the subject Peter or who?

Hello Rotter

"Peter" is the object of "know"; "I" is the subject of "know". "Who" is the subject of "has been".

MrP

Thanks Mr. Pedantic for the reply.

1. People who wants to smoke/drink ...

2. Men who wants to smoke/drink ...

3. I met a girl who likes gold jewellery.

4. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

5. A man who lives in glass house shouldn't throw stones.



In the above sentences, there is a verb after the rel

Hello Rotter

(Just a couple of small corrections:

1. People who want to smoke/drink ...

2. Men who want to smoke/drink ...

5. A man who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones.)

The subject of the verb in all those cases is the relative pronoun "who", which refers back to people/man/girl/people/man.

So in your last e

Hi Pradeep,

"Peter" is singular, so you have to use "has been"; but "Peter's friends" who have been very very kind to me", here the subject is plural = have been.

Desiree

1 is just wrong. very very wrong. you can only use "have" when youre talking about ( I ),( they ),(you) or (we), "has" is for (he/she).

I hope that makes sense.