Can you please let me know which is right?
"Lake Michigan is one of the lakes that ___________ (flow/flows) through US"
Also how different is the one below from the above
"River X is the one of the rivers that ____________ (flow/flows) through US.
usage of "one of the"
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According to me both are same.gmatrant wrote:Can you please let me know which is right?
"Lake Michigan is one of the lakes that ___________ (flow/flows) through US"
Also how different is the one below from the above
"River X is the one of the rivers that ____________ (flow/flows) through US.
THe subject in both cases is singular and hence takes singular verb - flows.
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Please refer to get more insight,gmatrant wrote:Can you please let me know which is right?
"Lake Michigan is one of the lakes that ___________ (flow/flows) through US"
Also how different is the one below from the above
"River X is the one of the rivers that ____________ (flow/flows) through US.
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"Lake Michigan is one of the lakes that ___________ (flow/flows) through US"
=> would go with "flow". the verb "flow" should accord with the plural subject- "lakes". we are in fact referring to the larger group of lakes that flow through US
"River X is the one of the rivers that ____________ (flow/flows) through US.
=> guess we are missing an "only". the sentence should read "River X is the only one of the......."
here we must use "flows" to accord with singular "River X". Only X flows through US.
=> would go with "flow". the verb "flow" should accord with the plural subject- "lakes". we are in fact referring to the larger group of lakes that flow through US
"River X is the one of the rivers that ____________ (flow/flows) through US.
=> guess we are missing an "only". the sentence should read "River X is the only one of the......."
here we must use "flows" to accord with singular "River X". Only X flows through US.