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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

He is one of the guys . . .

1. He is one of the guys who ...... a lot.
a. smoke (Answer Key)
b. smokes
('who' modifies 'guys'. So we need 'smoke'.)

2. He is the only one of the guys who ....... a lot.
a. smoke (Answer Key)
b. smokes
('who' modifies 'guys'. So we need 'smoke'.)

3. He is the only guy who ....... a lot.
a. smoke
b. smokes (Answer Key)
('who' modifies 'guy'. So we need 'smokes'.)

Hi,
The above questions look tricky to me. Are the answers and the brown explanations correct?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

sb70012 2. He is the only one of the guys who ....... a lot.

  • sb70012 2.
  • He is the only one of the guys who .......
  • a lot.
  • a.
  • smoke (Answer Key)b.
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sb700122. He is the only one of the guys who ....... a lot. a. smoke (Answer Key)b. smokes ('who' modifies 'guys'. So we need 'smoke'.)
The antecedent of the verb is 'one'. We need 'smokes'.

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