Which of the following is correct ?
Who were these buildings designed by?
Or
Who was these buildings designed by?
Does were/was refer to "these buildings" or "who"?
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1The question is usually in the same form as the answer. So the answer might be these buildings were designed by Lutyens - the subject of the verb is the buildings. So, the question is "Who were these buildings designed by>". You could also say "Who was the architect who designed these buildings? Lutyens was the architect. – davidlol Mar 9 '17 at 13:33
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Or rephrasing can help: These buildings were designed by whom? – Davo Mar 9 '17 at 13:54
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In your highlighted sentences, the grammatical number of was/were should agree with the number of designers, not the number of buildings. – Lawrence Mar 11 '17 at 13:16
