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Has/Have, Who/That

by anupam » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:39 pm
He is one of the students who has graduated
He is one of the students who have graduated
One of the students has/have graduated

Which of these is correct ?? pls explain

also... if you can explain me the usage of the noun invitation !!

at the invitation of
an invitation that came from etc....

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by jayofbay » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:26 pm
the answer is "have". one of the <plural> followed by <plural> verb.
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by anupam » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:44 am
But is the following incorrect ??

one of my friends is walking

one of my friends are walking
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Re: Has/ Have

by 800guy » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:09 pm
anupam wrote:He is one of the students who has graduated
He is one of the students who have graduated
One of the students has/have graduated

Which of these is correct ?? pls explain

also... if you can explain me the usage of the noun invitation !!

at the invitation of
an invitation that came from etc....

Thanks
HAS is definitely the correct answer.. the verb refers ONE

you would never associate this verb with STUDENTS because STUDENTS is the object of the prepositional phrase "of the students"

Thus: "he is one...who has graduated"
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by anupam » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:11 pm
he is one of those students who have graduated !!

This is what i read in one of the books !!
All this is getting a bit confusing...
which one is correct for GMAT
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by 800guy » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:20 pm
anupam wrote:he is one of those students who have graduated !!

This is what i read in one of the books !!
All this is getting a bit confusing...
which one is correct for GMAT
i am very certain that the verb should be singular, as it pertains to 'one'..

how did the book explain 'have'?
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found the answer!!

by 800guy » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:32 pm
i was wrong! i found the answer to your question:

One of the + PLURAL NOUN + that/who/ + PLURAL VERB

“He is one of the persons who make money.”
“This is one of the cars that run on hydrogen.”

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by aim-wsc » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:18 am
well well well
:shock: :P :twisted:

Take a sentence: Johny is one my friends.
dissect it: I have many friends & Johny is one of them

therefore friends [plural]

now if i extend it : Johny is one of my friends who suck at SC.
dissect it: used suck [plural] because I have any friends who suck at SC


ThankYou.

Now
take another sentence: One of my friends plays guitar.
dissect: I have only ONE friend who plays guitar.
therefore singular.

now if i change it: Some of my friends play guitar.

Note that who/what is involved with verbs... in first examples you have group of friends and in latter ones you directly addressed to the ONE.

In sentence correcting Cutting the crap is the key. 8)

OK heres the correct sentences:

He is one of the students who have graduated
One of my friends is walking
All this is getting a bit confusing...
which one is correct for GMAT
dear anupam theres no special English for GMAT.
trust published books.
standard books....
the drawback of this new information era...blogs & forums & what not...is you often enconter with impure /casual or informal langauge. dont fall into that trap. TRust standard newspapers & published material.
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Re: Has/ Have

by aim-wsc » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:54 am
anupam wrote:
also... if you can explain me the usage of the noun invitation !!

at the invitation of
an invitation that came from etc....

Thanks
here are idioms invitation go with (oops, Is it go with or go by??? :shock: :shock: :shock: )
invitation to something
invitation to do something

The function was held at the invitation of Johny

I read Eric's blog & that was the invitation to me to publish my own blog too.:=== somtthing that encourages somebody to do something.
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by Rishabh » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:06 am
Hi,

What I am able to make out from the stuff posted by 800Guy is that in the general rule..

One of the + PLURAL NOUN + that/who/ + PLURAL VERB

is that whatever is the structure of the preceding noun, the verb should be of the same structure..
i.e. Singular - Singular
Plural - Plural

Is it ?

and if it is - then the sentences given by aim-wsc should be

He is one of the students who have graduated
One of my friend is walking

and not

He is one of the students who have graduated
One of my friends is walking

Please clarify !!
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by aim-wsc » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:40 am
& that proves i suck when it comes to explaning the stuff.

OK
lets cut the crap.

One of the + PLURAL NOUN + that/who/ + PLURAL VERB

THIS RULE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT NO issues.
THEREFORE THE FIRST sentence IS CORRECT.

but note the difference between two sentence
2nd sentence:
One of my friends is walking
NOTE THAT WHO/ THAT IS MISSING.

I advise you people do not just follow the available material.
:think:////

think! how & why such a small word "who or that" made difference.

note that jayofbay was right.
also 800guy was right @post #4 when he wrote
Thus: "he is one...who has graduated"
if err he removes those dots... hee hee
again anupam was right @ post#5

but then what went wrong??
both jayofbay & 800guy couldnt address two different types of sentences separately.

i hope that helps

i wont provide readymade material.
thinking process will evolve by time & thats the way you can excel..
all the best.
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change the name of the thread

by aim-wsc » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:46 am
Dear administrator,
would you please change the name of this thread from has/ haveto who/ that

i hope you agree.
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by beatthegmat » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:17 pm
Rishabh wrote:Hi,

What I am able to make out from the stuff posted by 800Guy is that in the general rule..

One of the + PLURAL NOUN + that/who/ + PLURAL VERB

is that whatever is the structure of the preceding noun, the verb should be of the same structure..
i.e. Singular - Singular
Plural - Plural

Is it ?

and if it is - then the sentences given by aim-wsc should be

He is one of the students who have graduated
One of my friend is walking

and not

He is one of the students who have graduated
One of my friends is walking

Please clarify !!
The phrase one of the will always be followed by a plural noun. It can never be followed by a singular noun.

Correct: He is one of the students who have graduated
Incorrect: He is one of the student who has graduated

I hope this clarifies the issue! Best of luck!
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by aim-wsc » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:11 pm
i dont hv to repeat this. :)
still to clear the confusion:


one of my friends is walking, while others are standing still.
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by gmat740 » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:00 pm
Thank you Johny and Eric.

I was also caught up with the same problem.Below is the link to the problem

https://www.beatthegmat.com/parallelism- ... tml#134218
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