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Originally posted by Kon-Tiki@Aug 1 2005, 07:21 PM
Who, on the other hand, isn't 2nd person singular, but 3rd person singular, just like He. You won't say: "He seem to be a nice guy", but instead say: "He seems to be a nice guy." Same goes for Who. "Who seem to be a nice guy" is utterly wrong, while "Who seems to be a nice guy" is correct.
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Sorry to contradict you there, Tiki, but it's only used as a third person singular in that particular sentence. It could be used in lots of other contexts in which it didn't stand for a third person singular, though: "Those ill-dressed people who just went into the French restaurant look like crooks to me.", "Who were your parents?", "Who of you got the correct answer to question 2b?" "Those of you who did get the correct answer can leave.", etc.
"Who" is just a pronoun, so it's determined by what it stands for, but it doesn't have any properties of its own, really.