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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Who help

Hi,

I'm a bit unsure of sentences which take the form of a question starting with 'who'.

Any help would be welcome

1) Who do/does these children belong to?

2) Who OWNS/OWN the car

3) Who OWNS/OWN the cars

4) (on another note!)
Does/Do this matter?
Does/Do these matter?

Thanks!
  

Top answer

Hi Anon, 1) Who do /does these children belong to? Who(m) do these children belong to? ) Does /Do this matter?

— BarbaraPA

  • Hi Anon, 1) Who do /does these children belong to?
  • Who(m) do these children belong to?
  • ) Does /Do this matter?
  • This does matter Does/ Do these matter?
  • These do matter
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Hi Anon,

1) Who do/does these children belong to? Who(m) do these children belong to? (Think: "These children do belong to whom?")

2) Who OWNS/OWN the car Generally when it's a straight-up question in the subject position, use the third-person singular form of "owns."
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AnonymousHi,

I'm a bit unsure of sentences which take the form of a question starting with 'who'.

Any help would be welcome

1) Who do/does these children belong to?

2) Who OWNS/OWN the car? (see below)

3) Who OWNS/OWN the cars? (If there is one owner, use Who wons the car? If an owner owns more than one car, u
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I have the advantage of seeing the anonymos posts. Did we miss any waters this time?
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Grammar GeekI have the advantage of seeing the anonymos posts. Did we miss any waters this time?
If we missed something, CJ would be trigger-happy.
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Grammar GeekHi Anon,

1) Who do/does these children belong to? Who(m) do these children belong to? (Think: "These children do belong to whom?")



Hi Grammar Geek,

Can we use "Who" in the above sentence. I think that it should be
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Hello Neeraj Jain,

The fact if, the use of "whom" is fading from use. Whom is still used when it comes right after a preposition, but when it's in the first position in a sentence, it's quite often "who."
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