English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

--One of the students who (is, are) studying over there is my son.
Which should I choose in the blank of the sentence?

2006-11-28 16:05:09 · 23 answers · asked by (van’essa) 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

Yes

2006-11-28 16:09:36 · update #1

But my teacher said the answer is "are."
WHY??

2006-11-28 16:16:05 · update #2

Please explain clearly why you choose "is."

2006-11-28 16:23:50 · update #3

I'm confused now.

2006-11-28 17:06:28 · update #4

23 answers

Your teacher is correct, people are being confused.

There is only one son, but there are MANY students who are studying so the correct sentence is:

One of the students who ARE studying over there is my son.

Any one who tells you otherwise IS wrong.

2006-11-28 16:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by colin.christie 3 · 2 0

The correct answer is ARE.

The subject here is students, (plural form) and predicated by the action word STUDYING. Therefore the simplefied phrase will be -- "students who are studying."

The use of the word "one", as in One of the students require a singular verb IS, so that the sentence becomes "One of the students is my son."

It is here that the verb IS is proper.

2006-11-28 17:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by junior 6 · 0 0

The answer should be "is." Your teacher is incorrect. The subject of that sentence is "one." The prepositional phrase, "of the students" is just describing which "one" you are talking about. It is NOT the subject, and therefore the verb should not be conjugated to it. This is a very common mistake.

2006-12-03 15:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by livn4change 1 · 0 0

i think tour teacher made a mistake choosing 'are' because the word one is a third person singular which are he,she or it and they go with is or was.and the one mentioned is rather he or she so it definitely goes with is.u should recheck with your teacher because people get confused about these questions a lot because the think because students are there that means is the subject but the question reads one of the students.

2006-11-28 21:35:21 · answer #4 · answered by little angel 2 · 0 0

Tell your teacher to remove "who is/are studying over there," from the sentence and you are left with "One of the students is my son. It cannot be One of the students are my son."

Tell your teacher to study grammar if he/she is going to teach it.

2006-11-28 17:17:33 · answer #5 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 1 0

They are both correct in this sentence, but using 'is' (subject singular) or 'are' (subject plural) give it two slightly different meanings:

'One of the students who are studying...' refers to one student in a group, all of whom are studying.

'One of the students, who is studying...' refers to an individual amongst a group of students, the rest of which may or may not be studying. I'd use a comma in this sentence.

Hope your teacher agrees :-)

2006-11-28 16:28:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

One of the students who IS studying over there is my son.
(We are only talking about ONE student)

2006-11-28 16:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by The Lone Gunman 6 · 1 1

ARE is correct your son is one of a group of students who are all studying

2006-11-30 06:11:46 · answer #8 · answered by Jabulani. 3 · 0 0

It should be 'is' because you are referring to your son, (singular), and not the group, (plural).
Generally, if you take out what isn't essential to the sentence you can get a good idea of what's right. So - 'One of the students . . is my son'.

2006-11-28 17:25:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It's -are.
If you were to say "One of the students is my son"that would be singular so it is "is"

But in saying "One of the students who are studying over there is my son" it is being said that the"students" are studying and that is plural.

2006-11-28 17:03:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

fedest.com, questions and answers