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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Who want/wants to eat ice cream, you or they? (Which verb should I use?)
1 a 02 a 00 When 01 b 00 "you" 02 b 00 means 01 b 00 "more than one person" : 02 b 00 Who 01 b 01 font 00 wants 02 font 02 b 00 / 01 b 01 font 00 want 02 font 02 b 00 to eat ice cream, 01 b 00 you 02 b 00 or 01 b 00 they 02 b 00 ? 02 br
00 When 01 b 00 "you" 02 b 00 means 01 b 00 "one person" : 02 b 00 Who 01 b 01 font 00 wants 02 font 02 b 00 / 01 font 01 b 00 want 02 b 02 font 00 to eat ice cream, 01 b 00 you 02 b 00 or 01 b 00 they 02 b 00 ? 02 br
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00 May I ask which verb should I use in these two different occasions? 02 br
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00 A: "Who 01 b 00 is 02 b 00 the 01 b 00 winner 02 b 00 ?" B: " 01 b 00 The girls 02 b 00 ." 02 br
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00 Is it possible to use "is" in the above case? I think since A doesn't know who the winner is, A can use "is". If he/she knows more than one person is the winner, then he /she can use "are" (and "the winner" should be "the winner 01 b 01 font 00 s 02 font 02 b 00 "). Am I right? 02 br
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00 Please give me your opinion on this. Thank you! 0-
00 When 01 b 00 "you" 02 b 00 means 01 b 00 "one person" : 02 b 00 Who 01 b 01 font 00 wants 02 font 02 b 00 / 01 font 01 b 00 want 02 b 02 font 00 to eat ice cream, 01 b 00 you 02 b 00 or 01 b 00 they 02 b 00 ? 02 br
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00 May I ask which verb should I use in these two different occasions? 02 br
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00 A: "Who 01 b 00 is 02 b 00 the 01 b 00 winner 02 b 00 ?" B: " 01 b 00 The girls 02 b 00 ." 02 br
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00 Is it possible to use "is" in the above case? I think since A doesn't know who the winner is, A can use "is". If he/she knows more than one person is the winner, then he /she can use "are" (and "the winner" should be "the winner 01 b 01 font 00 s 02 font 02 b 00 "). Am I right? 02 br
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00 Please give me your opinion on this. Thank you! 0-
Top answer
02 br 00 Just as A does not know how many winners there are, the server does not know how many people want ice cream. 0-
- 02 br 00 Just as A does not know how many winners there are, the server does not know how many people want ice cream.
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00 Just as A does not know how many winners there are, the server does not know how many people want ice cream. Use the singular in all of your examples. 0-
00 Just as A does not know how many winners there are, the server does not know how many people want ice cream. Use the singular in all of your examples. 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
00 it doesn't matter whether you know you are referring to more than one person or not. Whenever "who" is the subject, you use a singular verb anyway. By the way, I would have said "them" in your examples. Who? You or them? 02 br
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00 it doesn't matter whether you know you are referring to more than one person or not. Whenever "who" is the subject, you use a singular verb anyway. By the way, I would have said "them" in your examples. Who? You or them? 02 br
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0 First 02 br
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00 Who want to eat ice cream, You or They? 02 br
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00 becouse you and they plural (more than one). when the plural cames we wants to use main verb. 02 br
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00 but your second sentence is correct 02 br
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00 but you think about when you ask Question you want to know winner or winners like group or sin
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00 Who want to eat ice cream, You or They? 02 br
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00 becouse you and they plural (more than one). when the plural cames we wants to use main verb. 02 br
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00 but your second sentence is correct 02 br
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00 but you think about when you ask Question you want to know winner or winners like group or sin
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