nyota
Senior Member
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- Jun 9, 2009
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Polish
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- Poland
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- Australia
Hello, 5jj.
I am a bit confused here.
Isn't who the grammatical subject of the verb be in the following sentence?
Who are those people over there?
Many thanks
Richard
*** I'm not a teacher***
1)
Who are those people over there? The answer is:
They (those people) are dancers.
2)
Who dances over there? The answer (a bit awkward but just to make a point):
Those people you saw earlier (dance there).
In (1) 'who' asks about the object, in (2) 'who' asks about the subject.