Poll: It was you who ____ wrong.

It was you who ____ wrong.

Was
Were
'Was' if speaking to one person and 'were' is speaking to more than one.

Statistics Poll Stats

This Poll:

  • Votes: 1,105
  • Comments: 5
  • Added: May 2004

Comments:

mustafa

we used who because it refer to you
(the pronoun)

Gavin Hodgkinson

It was you who was wrong, wasn't it?
The "was" goes with the "it".

Jose

oh my!. I don't understand why so many people said "was". You is always followed by "were"!! Am I wrong??

ester

"who" has the he / she / it function. that is why "was"

Helen

Who was, if talking to one person, you were if more than one.

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