Who does not know/ Who do not know?
I do not know which of the following questions is correct.
1. Who does not know what I want?
2. Who do not know what I want?
Grammarly, which is a software that automatically corrects the grammatical errors, suggests that the first one should be correct. But I do not understand the reason behind it because there could be 2 people who do not know what I want. So, the answer could be 'they do not know what I want'.
Sorry, I know I should have learned it long before. But, the question suddenly comes into my mind. It really bothers me and I cannot get rid of it. Thanks for helping.
Top answer
When the subject of a question is 'who', use the singular unless there is something in that same sentence which shows obviously that you are referring to more than one person. For the most part, that's only going to happen with 'are'. Who does not know what I want?
- When the subject of a question is 'who', use the singular unless there is something in that same sentence which shows obviously that you are referring to more than one person.
- For the most part, that's only going to happen with 'are'.
- Who does not know what I want?
- Who are those people over there?
- Who is she?
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When the subject of a question is 'who', use the singular unless there is something in that same sentence which shows obviously that you are referring to more than one person. For the most part, that's only going to happen with 'are'.
Who does not know what I want?
Who are those people over there?
Who is she? / Who are they?
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