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22 de jun. de 2015 · The sentence about "one of those rare people who" almost has to have a plural verb within the relative clause: He is one of those rare people, and he believes in ancient myths. [What rare people?] People who believe in ancient myths are rare, and he is one of them. [Oh, one of those.]
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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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24 de oct. de 2021 · 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 ...
- 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...
14 de feb. de 2007 · 1) I am one of the people who does not care. 2) I am one of the people who do not care. At first, I thought 1 was correct because when you take out the prepositional phrase "of the people" you are left with "I am one who does not care" which is correct.
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26 de may. de 2011 · You don't use the singular with 'people'. You can say, "The person who makes me happy is Janet."
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. To refer to groups of human beings or humans in general, we use people: I saw three people standing on the corner. Not: I saw three persons …
26 de may. de 2019 · 1. This question already has answers here : Is this correct? "One of the things that makes him great is..." (4 answers) Closed 4 years ago. Which one is correct? He is not one of those people who make / makes you angry. Does "make" refer to "one"? Is there a possibility that "make" refers to "people"? Can it be something relative? word-choice.
