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#410529 Tue, 28 Aug 07 02:39 PM

Hi

Can someone tell me why are is used here...

Nora is one of the candidates who ARE worthy of my vote

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#410563 Tue, 28 Aug 07 03:21 PM

Nora IS - this is the main subject and verb of the sentence.

"the candidates who are worthy of my vote" - this noun phrase all works together, but the individual nouns and verbs within this phrase must agree with each other, not with the main subject of the sentence.

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

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Wanwo

#410569 Tue, 28 Aug 07 03:26 PM

You are talking about 'candidates' (plural) who are worthy of your vote, so it must be 'are'.

If it was 'candidate' (singular) you would use 'is'

eg. Nora is the only candidate who is worthy of my vote.