Difference between who are you? & who you are
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I am in confused that When I ask to unknown person, then how to ask: Who are you? or Who you are..
Other examples:
What is he doing? or what he is doing..
How are you? or how you are..
What is the reason behind that? In which condition we use them separately ?
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I am in confused that When I ask to unknown person, then how to ask: Who are you? or Who you are..
Other examples:
What is he doing? or what he is doing..
How are you? or how you are..
What is the reason behind that? In which condition we use them separately ?
american-english british-english
migrated from english.stackexchange.com Mar 31 at 14:00
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"Who you are" isn't a question. Or even a complete sentence.
– Hot Licks
Mar 31 at 13:48
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I am in confused that When I ask to unknown person, then how to ask: Who are you? or Who you are..
Other examples:
What is he doing? or what he is doing..
How are you? or how you are..
What is the reason behind that? In which condition we use them separately ?
american-english british-english
I am in confused that When I ask to unknown person, then how to ask: Who are you? or Who you are..
Other examples:
What is he doing? or what he is doing..
How are you? or how you are..
What is the reason behind that? In which condition we use them separately ?
american-english british-english
american-english british-english
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"Who you are" isn't a question. Or even a complete sentence.
– Hot Licks
Mar 31 at 13:48
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"Who you are" isn't a question. Or even a complete sentence.
– Hot Licks
Mar 31 at 13:48
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"Who you are" isn't a question. Or even a complete sentence.
– Hot Licks
Mar 31 at 13:48
"Who you are" isn't a question. Or even a complete sentence.
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Mar 31 at 13:48
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Who are you?
The above is a question. It employs an inverted structure so that the listener knows it's a question. By "inverted structure," I mean that it places the primary subject of the noun "are" after the verb. Uninverted, it would be: "You are who?" "Who" appears in the question—no matter how it's stated—as a second subject, as part of the predicate, specifically the predicate nominative.
who you are
The above is a clause, always appearing as all or part of a noun clause. As such, it only appears as part of a larger sentence, for example:
- It depends on who you are.
- I don't know who you are anymore!
- You want to know who you are? Who you are is the love of my life.
- Who you are to everyone else doesn't matter to me because it's not who you are to me.
answered Mar 31 at 13:45
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Who are you?
The above is a question. It employs an inverted structure so that the listener knows it's a question. By "inverted structure," I mean that it places the primary subject of the noun "are" after the verb. Uninverted, it would be: "You are who?" "Who" appears in the question—no matter how it's stated—as a second subject, as part of the predicate, specifically the predicate nominative.
who you are
The above is a clause, always appearing as all or part of a noun clause. As such, it only appears as part of a larger sentence, for example:
- It depends on who you are.
- I don't know who you are anymore!
- You want to know who you are? Who you are is the love of my life.
- Who you are to everyone else doesn't matter to me because it's not who you are to me.
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Who are you?
The above is a question. It employs an inverted structure so that the listener knows it's a question. By "inverted structure," I mean that it places the primary subject of the noun "are" after the verb. Uninverted, it would be: "You are who?" "Who" appears in the question—no matter how it's stated—as a second subject, as part of the predicate, specifically the predicate nominative.
who you are
The above is a clause, always appearing as all or part of a noun clause. As such, it only appears as part of a larger sentence, for example:
- It depends on who you are.
- I don't know who you are anymore!
- You want to know who you are? Who you are is the love of my life.
- Who you are to everyone else doesn't matter to me because it's not who you are to me.
answered Mar 31 at 13:45
Benjamin HarmanBenjamin Harman
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Who are you?
The above is a question. It employs an inverted structure so that the listener knows it's a question. By "inverted structure," I mean that it places the primary subject of the noun "are" after the verb. Uninverted, it would be: "You are who?" "Who" appears in the question—no matter how it's stated—as a second subject, as part of the predicate, specifically the predicate nominative.
who you are
The above is a clause, always appearing as all or part of a noun clause. As such, it only appears as part of a larger sentence, for example:
- It depends on who you are.
- I don't know who you are anymore!
- You want to know who you are? Who you are is the love of my life.
- Who you are to everyone else doesn't matter to me because it's not who you are to me.
answered Mar 31 at 13:45
Benjamin HarmanBenjamin Harman
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Who are you?
The above is a question. It employs an inverted structure so that the listener knows it's a question. By "inverted structure," I mean that it places the primary subject of the noun "are" after the verb. Uninverted, it would be: "You are who?" "Who" appears in the question—no matter how it's stated—as a second subject, as part of the predicate, specifically the predicate nominative.
who you are
The above is a clause, always appearing as all or part of a noun clause. As such, it only appears as part of a larger sentence, for example:
- It depends on who you are.
- I don't know who you are anymore!
- You want to know who you are? Who you are is the love of my life.
- Who you are to everyone else doesn't matter to me because it's not who you are to me.
answered Mar 31 at 13:45
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"Who you are" isn't a question. Or even a complete sentence.
– Hot Licks
Mar 31 at 13:48