[Essay] Who

[irinaofr]

Hello, could you please help me with the following sentences:

1. You are the only one who is doing well at the moment.

2. You are the only ones doing well at the moment.

3. You are the only business doing well at the moment.

4. You are the only business who is is doing well at the moment.

Shall it be "that is" instead of "who"?

Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

Hello, could you please help me with the following sentences:

1. You are the only one who is doing well at the moment.:tick:

2. You are the only ones doing well at the moment.:tick:

3. You are the only business doing well at the moment.:tick:

4. You are the only business who is is doing well at the moment.:cross:

[STRIKE]Shall[/STRIKE] Should it be "that is" instead of "who"?

Yes, for number 4. Although I marked number 3 okay, referring to a business with the personal pronoun "you" can be somewhat informal.

 

[irinaofr]

Thank you.

Shall it be in 4 "Yours is the only business..." instead of informal "you"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you.

Shall it be in 4 "Yours is the only business..." instead of informal "you"?

Look at GoesStation's final correction in the quote box in post #2. What word do you think would be better there instead of "Shall"?

 

[GoesStation]

"Yours is the only business..."

That's grammatically correct but not very natural. I'd write Your business is the only one that's doing well at the moment.

 

[irinaofr]

Thank you for pointing out to that.

1) Shall I...
2) Should I...
3) Should it be ....


So in 3) it is always "should"?

Is "should" in 2) pointing to the past?

Thanks

 

[GoesStation]

Shall it be in 4 "Yours is the only business..." instead of informal "you"?

Look at GoesStation's final correction in the quote box in post #2. What word do you think would be better there instead of "Shall"?

Thank you for pointing that out [STRIKE]to that[/STRIKE].

1) Shall I...
2) Should I...
3) Should it be ....


So in 3) it is always "should"?

Is "should" in 2) pointing to the past?

I think you have the right answer to emsr2d2's question, but it's not clear from your post. If you'll write a complete sentence to replace the first one I quoted above, we'll tell you whether it's correct.

Please post one or two complete sentences in a new thread if you have new questions about "shall" and "should".