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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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was or were

Which version is correct?

"pick one of the topics that was discussed"

or

"pick one of the topics that were discussed"

Thanks!
  

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Anonymous Which version is correct? "pick one of the topic s that * were * discussed" The one above is correct since the antecedent of the relative that is the plural topics , not one. This seems to be an international mistake.

— Cool Breeze

  • Anonymous Which version is correct?
  • "pick one of the topic s that * were * discussed" The one above is correct since the antecedent of the relative that is the plural topics , not one.
  • This seems to be an international mistake.
  • Even in Finnish, which isn't even remotely related to English, people make similar mistakes!
  • CB
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AnonymousWhich version is correct?

"pick one of the topics that *were* discussed"

The one above is correct since the antecedent of the relative that is the plural topics, not one. This seems to be an international mistake. Even in Finnish, which isn't even remotely related to English, people make similar mi
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