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JungKim Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

one of those who has/have

Would you treat 'who' as singular or plural in the following?
No wonder that the designer is one of those who has been approached for the design job at Schiaparelli.

I believe that who here takes those as an antecedent.
The excerpt is from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/fashion/dior-says-it-with-flowers.html
  

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I agree with you that 'have' is correct, but I understand that not all agree with us.
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canadian45I agree with you that 'have' is correct, but I understand that not all agree with us.
Thanks!
Btw, are you familiar with this type of construction even though you would go with 'have'?
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JungKimI believe that who here takes those as an antecedent.
Has is correct. The sentence does not refer to those; it refers to one (the designer), which is singular.
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Aspara Gus JungKimI believe that who here takes those as an antecedent.Has is correct. The sentence does not refer to those; it refers to one (the designer), which is singular.
Several designers have been approached. The designer mentioned is one of those. He is one of {the designers who have been approached}.

Of the
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Aspara GusHas is correct.
Sorry, it's not. Emotion: sad

the designer is (just) one [(within the
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It didn't occur to me, CJ and fivejedjon! Thanks.
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JungKim !Btw, are you familiar with this type of construction even though you would go with 'have'?
I am not sure how to answer that, except to say that subject-verb agreement is often a difficult topic and mistakes are of course common.
Another way to analyze the grammar is to rephrase the sentence as follows. 'Of those who have been approached..
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1. One of the students is playing cricket.
2. He is one of those students who are playing cricket.
Am I right?
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rajesh jain1. One of the students is playing cricket.2. He is one of those students who are playing cricket.Am I right?
yes
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No. It is not students who are playing cricket, but one student who is playing cricket. However, "He is one of those students who is playing cricket" sounds unnatural to me. We'd almost certainly express this thought as you did in your first sentence, "One of the students is playing cricket".
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