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Latest post Mon, Mar 9 2009 10:42 AM by Tuongvan. 4 replies.
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Tuongvan  +  684552 Mon, 09 Mar 09 12:58 AM
Dear teachers,
Could you possibly tell me which one is correct: is or are?

He is one of those people who is / are late for the interview

He is the only one of those people who is / are late for the interview

thank you in advance

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CalifJim  +  684554 Mon, 09 Mar 09 01:04 AM
... one of ... people who are late ...

Those people are late.  He is one of them.  He is one of the late people.

... only one ... who is late ...

He is one of those people.  Among those people, only he is late.

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lamjin  +  684556 Mon, 09 Mar 09 01:10 AM
He is one of those people who are late for the interview

He is the only one of those people who is  late for the interview
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Yoong Liat  +  684673 Mon, 09 Mar 09 08:42 AM
Tuongvan
“Dear teachers,
Could you possibly tell me which one is correct: is or are?

He is one of those people who is / are late for the interview

He is the only one of those people who is / are late for the interview.

I think you are confused because of the sentence "One of the applicants is late for the interview." In this case, there is only ONE person who is late for the interview.

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Tuongvan, 261 days ago
Thank you CalifJim very much(:D) Big Smile(Beer) Beer
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