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We use person in the singular to refer to any human being: Joel is such a nice person. She’s a person I have a lot of respect for. Persons (plural) is a very formal word. We only use it in rather legalistic contexts: [notice in a lift] Any person or persons found in possession of illegal substances will be prosecuted.
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The phrase 'one of the' is used to describe something/someone from the same group. There are many birds on the tree. One of the birds is red. This means we are talking about all the birds on the three but then when you want to be specific about the red bird, you use one of the. He is one of the soldiers who fights for their country - is correct.
- The verb fight has to be plural here. The reason is that the relative clause has to refer to soldiers , not one . The fact that their is us...
- The general rule for usage of the phrase "one of the" is: One of the + PLURAL NOUN + that/who etc. + SINGULAR/PLURAL VERB So, the noun following th...
- The phrase 'one of the' is used to describe something/someone from the same group. There are many birds on the tree. One of the birds is red. Th...
- The simple logic is this- when 'one of' occurs at the beginning of a sentence it takes a singular verb e.g one of the diseases that kills children...
- One of Them Is Or Are?
- One of Those Who . . . Is Or Are?
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With “one” of a group (e.g., one of the students, one of them, one of us), use singular verbs like “is” and “has.” The subject of such a sentence is singular: “one” out of many, even when followed by a plural noun or pronoun. In questionsas well, use the singular verb.
When “one of” is followed by “who,” use a singular verb to describe “one” but a plural verb to refer to the plural noun. Check what the verb is referring to: one person or thing, or a plural set. But there is also the matter of notional agreement: a writer may want to emphasize and describe “one” rather than the plural set and thus use a singular v...
Here are some examples from published content of “one of” as sentence subject. Note the use of singular verbs like “is” and “was.”
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We use person in the singular to refer to any human being: Joel is such a nice person. She’s a person I have a lot of respect for. Persons (plural) is a very formal word. We only use it in rather legalistic contexts: [notice in a lift] Any person or persons found in possession of illegal substances will be prosecuted.
14 de feb. de 2007 · I am one of the people....the people who do not care. Both sides can be argued logically, and I cannot for the life of me figure out which one is actually correct. Help!
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