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What is the difference between Who speaks and Who speak ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Who speaks and Who speak ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Who speaks is correct. Who speak isnāt correct. Who is used with a singular verb.
Who is going to the concert?
Who is your teacher this year?
Who is going to join us for lunch?
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- English (US)
I have only seen the plural use of the pronoun, who, in literature. It sounds odd to our ears. I suppose that's why I haven't heard it used in spoken English.
Here's an example of its plural use in a poem:
I approached the soldier mountains who speak of honor and blood
but scar the land when night descends with tearful, angry flood.
I have no idea what soldier mountains are. Maybe, they're mountains that stand guard like soldiers. Who knows.
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- English (US)
- French (France) Near fluent
who speaks = correct (third person singular)
who speak = correct (third person plural)
- English (US)
Iāve just realized that āwho speakā is entirely correct in many instances, such as here:
There are many people WHO SPEAK English.
Itās used with a singular verb when itās asking a question: Who is there? Who is your teacher?
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- Portuguese (Brazil)
hi guys. Could you confirm which of the sentences below are correct?
A person who speaks two languages is bilingual.
A person who speak two languages is bilingual.
People who speak two languages are bilingual.
People who speaks two languages are bilingual.
A person who speaks two languages is bilingual.
A person who speak two languages is bilingual.
People who speak two languages are bilingual.
People who speaks two languages are bilingual.
- English (US)
- French (France) Near fluent
A person who speaks two languages is bilingual. = correct (third person singular)
A person who speak two languages is bilingual. = not correct
People who speak two languages are bilingual. = correct (third person plural)
People who speaks two languages are bilingual. = not correct
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- English (US)
- French (France) Near fluent
@sara91810
Ā”De nada!
third person singular - add an 's' : speaks, plays, dances, sings
third person plural - no 's' is added : speak, play, dance, sing
Ex :
He sings
They sing
She plays
People play
- Portuguese (Brazil)
hello everyone! I Have another question.
In an interrogative sentence, is it correct to put the verb in the plural after who, or no?
Example:
Do you have anyone else who speaks English in your family besides you?
Do you have anyone else who speak English in your family besides you?
In an interrogative sentence, is it correct to put the verb in the plural after who, or no?
Example:
Do you have anyone else who speaks English in your family besides you?
Do you have anyone else who speak English in your family besides you?
- English (US)
Do you have anyone else who speaks English in your family besides you?
This is the only correct way to say this.
An answer can be in the plural:
We have people in our family who speak English and Spanish.
Interrogative pronouns use the singular (who, which, who)
Maybe this helps:
https://lambdageeks.com/singular-interrogative-....
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