Timeline for Should I use "know" or "knows" in "How many of you {know/knows} English?"
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| Jun 12, 2018 at 19:13 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 17:20 | comment | added | RubioRic | @snailboat You're right but I specified the pronouns. Not too bad. Thanks! :-) | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 17:05 | comment | added | user230 | @RubioRic That should say third person singular to be accurate. | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 16:07 | answer | added | MattCom | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 15:55 | history | reopened | ColleenV | ||
| Jun 12, 2018 at 15:55 | comment | added | ColleenV | I am going to reopen this question because I think that it is not clear whether "you" is a singular or plural noun in this context, while in the example in the proposed duplicate "How many chair" is clearly referring to a singular noun. I think an answer that explains this example in more depth would be helpful, even though the answer on the duplicate is relevant. | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 15:46 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
tags, brought the example sentence into the question, made the title more descriptive
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| Jun 12, 2018 at 15:27 | history | closed |
Nathan Tuggy choster CowperKettle Mohd Zulkanien Sarbini user230 |
Duplicate of Could it be a structure of "How many -singular noun- is there?" | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 15:24 | history | edited | Kannan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 154 characters in body
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| Jun 12, 2018 at 7:23 | comment | added | RubioRic | No, the plural verb is "know". "knows" is used for the third person (he/she/it) | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 6:48 | comment | added | Kannan | #Geshode Therefore, the answer is: How many of you knows English? right? | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 5:23 | comment | added | Geshode | The fact, that "many" is written in the question, shows that you should use the plural verb. | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 5:21 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 12, 2018 at 4:35 | comment | added | CowperKettle | see the answer to this related question | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 4:31 | history | asked | Kannan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |