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by Fractal » Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:53 am
Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

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by mundasingh123 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:44 am
Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

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The who pronoun is a noun modifier and modifies the noun closest to it . Logically speaking , number cant go to watch a movie . A number is just a number
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:03 am
Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

thx
who is being used over here for the boys and who can refer to plural nouns
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by venmic » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:38 am
Here the number is singular

so you cannot say

the number {Of X} who are

it will be

The number {of x} who is




Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

thx
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by Fractal » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:45 am
cool, thx! i missed that point!

btw, here is a question including the discussed issue:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmatprep-sc- ... 78620.html
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by cans » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:35 am
venmic wrote:Here the number is singular

so you cannot say

the number {Of X} who are

it will be

The number {of x} who is
Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

thx
I don't agree with venmic.
'The number who is' is incorrect. we can't use who for the number. and if we are using
'the number of boys who is going...' i still think 'is' is incorrect.
Can't it be: The number of boys going to the cinema has jumped by 20%??
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by Fractal » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:47 am
cans wrote:
venmic wrote:Here the number is singular

so you cannot say

the number {Of X} who are

it will be

The number {of x} who is
Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

thx
I don't agree with venmic.
'The number who is' is incorrect. we can't use who for the number. and if we are using
'the number of boys who is going...' i still think 'is' is incorrect.
Can't it be: The number of boys going to the cinema has jumped by 20%??
so plz could an expert clarify? is this sentence correct:

the number of boys who is going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

Two questions:

1) is the use of "who" correct to refer to "number of boys"?
2) is the use of the singular "is" correct?

thx
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:11 am
Fractal wrote:
cans wrote:
venmic wrote:Here the number is singular

so you cannot say

the number {Of X} who are

it will be

The number {of x} who is
Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

thx
I don't agree with venmic.
'The number who is' is incorrect. we can't use who for the number. and if we are using
'the number of boys who is going...' i still think 'is' is incorrect.
Can't it be: The number of boys going to the cinema has jumped by 20%??
so plz could an expert clarify? is this sentence correct:

the number of boys who is going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

Two questions:

1) is the use of "who" correct to refer to "number of boys"?
2) is the use of the singular "is" correct?

thx
Nopes the correct sentence would be

the number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

for the number we have used the verb has and who is modifying boys therefore verb are
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by venmic » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:33 pm
Agree to this one - my bad...

The number HAS jumped by 20%

boys who are going to the cinema


Fractal wrote:
cans wrote:
venmic wrote:Here the number is singular

so you cannot say

the number {Of X} who are

it will be

The number {of x} who is
Fractal wrote:Can I use "who" for the following sentence?

The number of boys who are going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

"who" can only refer to a person. In this sentence, I suppose that "who" is referring to "number". Therefore I am not sure, whethere "who" is correct.

thx
I don't agree with venmic.
'The number who is' is incorrect. we can't use who for the number. and if we are using
'the number of boys who is going...' i still think 'is' is incorrect.
Can't it be: The number of boys going to the cinema has jumped by 20%??
so plz could an expert clarify? is this sentence correct:

the number of boys who is going to the cinema has jumped by 20%.

Two questions:

1) is the use of "who" correct to refer to "number of boys"?
2) is the use of the singular "is" correct?

thx
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