"One of you is" or "One of you are" .Which is correct?

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Though people say that the first is expression is grammatically correct, the second one sounds better. Can anyone give me some examples of the first one being used in real contexts like stories or novels etc.

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Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

I don't think the 2nd one sounds better at all; those who do are influenced by the proximal concord with 'you', which is just the object of an adjectival prepositional phrase. 'One' is the subject. 'is' is the verb.

COCA supplies 116 examples of 'one of you is' but only 6 examples of 'one of you are'. Here are the first 20 of the former:

1. It's hard for us to imagine none of you being on this, because every one of you is just, the chemistry between you. And those that are not
2. I want it. You say, I hate it, I want it. One of you is right. You know what I'm saying? The guys...
3. least a third right. But he said " Wouldn't the fact that every one of you is white, that a black student at this university - or any
4. on your own, particularly if both of you - one is a spendthrift and one of you is a saver, it becomes really hard to do that. KRIS
5. with their peers. Good morning. My name's Jose. I hope each one of you is wearing a name tag so we can refer to each other by
6. both highly paid, getting married, there's actually a marriage tax. If one of you is highly paid and one of you is not, there's a
7. there's actually a marriage tax. If one of you is highly paid and one of you is not, there's a marriage premium. You're actually saving
8. looked at one another nervously. None of them looked at Rick. " Which one of you is Aiden? " The one nearest the door bolted for it.
9. about it. " After the fact: When you get a definitive answer, one of you is sure to be left with a bruised ego, and you'll
10. but it's also the most important: the discussion about what to do when one of you is dying. # This goes hand in hand with the recent change
11. watching this at home, any mom would be like, you get married, one of you is the mom, one of you is the dad. JUJU-CHANG-1-ABC-# (Off-camera)
12. would be like, you get married, one of you is the mom, one of you is the dad. JUJU-CHANG-1-ABC-# (Off-camera) You're holding up your end of
13. was that mentor. Coach Dru use to tell them all the time, only one of you is probably going to end up getting paid to do this. The
14. Another TOOLONG trick is to send a quick " miss you " text when one of you is working late, says Thomas. Or put a sticky note on
15. is a little too demanding, and the other yields too easily. Or maybe one of you is sensitive to being smothered, while the other is so dependent that
17. Who's the bossy one? Miss C. LINCOLN: Kathleen. MORRISON: Which one of you is funnier? Miss K. LINCOLN: Me. MORRISON: She's bossier
18. out there in the audience, if you keep listening to him, every single one of you is going straight to ****! " " That's a lie!
19. the stage-right wings, a group of stagehands blocked their path. // " Which one of you is Ziggy? " asked one, holding out a small square of
20. STORM: Yeah, ornery. Mr-DUNN: They're ornery. STORM: Which one of you is ornery? Are you ornery together? Mr-BROOKS: One little stink

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