- We always write "you who are".
- This is because the subject of the sentence is "you."
- "You" = "you", and we conjugate "you are".
"It's you who said it, it's you who are": let's be honest, this sentence, we all said it in elementary school (and, sadly, some have retained this attitude in adulthood). On the other hand, we have not all written it well: it is not uncommon to read an awful "it is you who is". However, the "t" is to be avoided and here is why.
A matter of subject
Consider the following examples:
- You are the one who is sick.
- You were the one who arrived late.
- You are the best.
In these three sentences, who is the subject of the verb "to be"? You have it on the mark: the subject is "you".
A conjugation case
Between two untimely accusations ("you said it, etc."), you may still have learned some tricks in primary school. Among these, the conjugation of the verb "to have":
- I am.
- You are.
- He/she is.
- We have.
- You have.
- They have.
A matter of logic
From there, the case is easy to decide: "you" obviously corresponds to "you", not to "he/she", and the verb is therefore conjugated "es". Thus, we will write:
- I am.
- You are.
- He/she is.
- We are.
- You are.
- They are.
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