Related uses of the relative and subjunctive

After est / sunt

sunt ei qui credant
there are those who believe him

To mark a characteristic, after another noun / pronoun etc.

This can work:

  1. as a statement with a pronoun:
    is est qui librum scribet
    he is the sort of man who would write a book
  2. as a statement with a noun:
    Cicero est qui librum scribet
    Cicero is the sort of man who would write a book
  3. -as a negative statement:
    nemo est qui librum scribet
    There is nobody who would / will write a book
  4. as a question:
    quis est qui librum scribet?
    Who is there who would write a book?
  5. with a precise antecedent adjective:
    solus est qui librum scribet
    He alone is the kind of man who would write a book

As a simple replacement

nemo est tam stultus qui id non intellegat
Nobody is so stupid that he would not understand this