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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
subject verb agreement
one of the muscles that help you breathe starts jerking.
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one of the muscles that helps you breathe starts jerking.
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one of the muscles that helps you breathe starts jerking.
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Think of the sentence like this. O ne of the muscles that help you breathe starts jerking.
- Think of the sentence like this.
- O ne of the muscles that help you breathe starts jerking.
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Think of the sentence like this.
One of the muscles that help you breathe starts jerking.
One of the muscles that help you breathe starts jerking.
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The use of a singular verb, rather than a plural one, in clauses introduced by "one of the [plural noun] that/who" is one of the most common mistakes that speakers (even native ones) make.
A useful way to prove that a plural verb is correct is to front the preposition phrase:
Of the muscles that help you breathe, one starts jerking.
Not *Of the mu
A useful way to prove that a plural verb is correct is to front the preposition phrase:
Of the muscles that help you breathe, one starts jerking.
Not *Of the mu
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