Do you know who I am not? or Do you know who aren't I? _just grammarians_?

Question

Would you possibly tell me what is right in these sentences?
because if the sentences is:
Do you know who I am? which would be the negative form:
1.Do you know who I am not?
2.Do you know who aren't I ?
3.Don't you know who I am?
Please explain and give examples.
Thank you I'll appreciate it for helping me.

Answer 1

It depends.
1. would most likely result in a stare sicne there are SOOO many people you are not.
2. just pooor grammar
3. correct. (usually used as an exclamation from a celebrety to solicit MORE attention when being denied access or service or to try to get off lite while being arrested)

Answer 2

Do you know who aren't I? could conceivably be correct if you had two people disguised as the speaker ("I") and the speaker himself/herself and the speaker asked you to figure out which two weren't him/her.

Do you know who I am not? is somewhat less odd, but it really only makes sense if there's a choice from among a few possibilities, and suggests again some kind of alias or disguise.

Don't you know who I am? is a perfectly good sentence that adds only an element of surprise and perhaps dismay to the original sentence "Do you know who I am?"

Answer 3

#1 sounds cryptic but is grammatically correct.
#2 is incorrect because 'are' is not in the first person.
#3 is probably the right choice, because if you're focusing on the first verb on the sentence (know), you'll want to make that verb negative - You know? You don't know?

Make sense?

Answer 4

1 and 3 are both correct. But one would never say 1, as it makes little sense to say since you are NOT billions of people.

Answer 5

The only one that makes sense is (3).

Answer 6

#3 would be correct

#2 is completely improper grammar.

#1 is kind of unclear about what you are asking.