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Tuongvan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Is or are?
Dear teachers,
Could you possibly tell me which one is correct: is or are?
He is one of those people who is / are late for the interview
He is the only one of those people who is / are late for the interview
thank you in advance
Could you possibly tell me which one is correct: is or are?
He is one of those people who is / are late for the interview
He is the only one of those people who is / are late for the interview
thank you in advance
Top answer
one of ... people who are late ... Those people are late.
- one of ...
- people who are late ...
- Those people are late.
- He is one of them.
- He is one of the late people.
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... one of ... people who are late ...
Those people are late. He is one of them. He is one of the late people.
... only one ... who is late ...
He is one of those people. Among those people, only he is late.
CJ
Those people are late. He is one of them. He is one of the late people.
... only one ... who is late ...
He is one of those people. Among those people, only he is late.
CJ
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He is one of those people who are late for the interview
He is the only one of those people who is late for the interview
He is the only one of those people who is late for the interview
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TuongvanDear teachers,I think you are confused because of the sentence "One of the applicants is late for the interview." In this case
Could you possibly tell me which one is correct: is or are?
He is one of those people who is / are late for the interview
He is the only one of those people who is / are late for the interview.
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