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Cool Breeze Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Quote from a magazine

Hi all

I am interested in your opinions about the following except:

Are we asking for the impossible? Fortunately not; either one of our Editors' Choice products fill the bill.
- PC Magazine, September 19, 2006

Cheers
CB
  

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"either one of" takes a singular verb, that is, "fills".

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  • "either one of" takes a singular verb, that is, "fills".
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"either one of" takes a singular verb, that is, "fills".
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Cool BreezeAre we asking for the impossible? Fortunately not; either one of our Editors' Choice products fill the bill.
- PC Magazine, September 19, 2006
I suppose the editor of PC Magazine is applying the principle of proximity to determine the number of the verb. See this:

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