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Old 29-Mar-2008, 08:57
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Default Re: it is you who...

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Originally Posted by stuartnz View Post
I don't think the key pronoun here is "you". I think the pronoun the verb has to agree with is "it". If I replace "you" with "I", the result is the same. "It is I who decides or "I am the one who decides. I hope a teacher can come along and clear this mess up.
"who" is related to "it" (relative pronoun).

"it" is the subject of the sentence, not "you".
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