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Fannia55
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 Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 8:10 am Post subject: Question |
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One of the students who (come/comes) from the USA was late this morning.
Which verb is right? I have been answered by different people(including the English-speaking foreign teacher and the textbook official website), but they just gave me different answers (one for "comes". the other for "come"). I was so confused about it...  
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Kristea
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My vote is for "comes."
"One who comes..." Sometimes eliminating the prepositional phrase helps.
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Jintii
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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: |
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It depends on the meaning of the sentence, which might be why you got two different answers:
Possible Meaning 1:
One [of the students who come from the US] was late. (Note that there are no commas in this sentence.)
Many students come from the US. One of them was late this morning. ("Come" refers to "students", so it's plural.)
Possible Meaning 2:
2. One of the students, [who comes from the US], was late. (Note the commas surrounding "who comes from the US".)
There are many students -- we don't know where they're all from. One who comes from the US was late this morning. ("Comes" refers to "one", so it's singular.) |
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vanish4444
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Jintii wrote: |
It depends on the meaning of the sentence, which might be why you got two different answers:
Possible Meaning 1:
One [of the students who come from the US] was late. (Note that there are no commas in this sentence.)
Many students come from the US. One of them was late this morning. ("Come" refers to "students", so it's plural.)
Possible Meaning 2:
2. One of the students, [who comes from the US], was late. (Note the commas surrounding "who comes from the US".)
There are many students -- we don't know where they're all from. One who comes from the US was late this morning. ("Comes" refers to "one", so it's singular.) |
I agree with you. It depends on the subjdect of "who come/comes from the US", all the sthdents or just one student. |
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