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by blaster » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:27 am
This is one of the questions that are incorrect

One of the chairs is broken


can someone please explain,what is the difference between these sentences construction . why in first sentence we use are, in second sentence is . is this because of the this?
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by VivianKerr » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:05 am
Hi Blaster,

In the second sentence, the subject is "one" and the verb "is" agrees with it. "of the chairs" is a prepositional phrase describing the subject.

In the first sentence, we are dealing with the relative pronoun "that" which refers back to the plural "questions" so we need the plural verb "are".

Think of it like like "the questions that are incorrect" is a phrase describing the group that "one" comes from.

There's a nice little worksheet on Relative Pronouns here: https://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub ... lative.pdf
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