ryan smith  +  31434 Sun, 30 May 04 03:46 PM If anyone can answer these from an ultra-correct grammar point of view, I'd be very grateful. 1. In the sentence: "Help me ? the street," which is correct "cross" or "across"? Both? 2. In the sentence "One of my friends who ? cute is there," is "is" or "are" correct? Both? (Add commas as needed.) Like I said, these are issues of pure grammar in its most refined and deadly form. I know which sound better and I know how to rewrite #2 so there's no ambiguity, but what I need to know is which are correct beyond reproach. Thanks! ryan smith Joined on Tue, Sep 9 2003 CLASSIFIED Full Member 199 Grammar, Commas

	henry teach  +  31442 Sun, 30 May 04 04:20 PM 1. Both are grammatically correct and have virtually the same meaning. 2. "One of my friends who is cute, is there." Using 'is' because it's singular and "one" is the subject of the sentence. Does this sound right? Henry Free-ESL Blogs: www.free-esl.com henry teach Joined on Fri, May 14 2004 New Member 41 Free-ESL.com - the ulitmate resource for teachers and students Grammar

	miriam  +  31496 Mon, 31 May 04 01:12 AM Ryan, relative clauses are tricky sometimes. In sentence 2, the use of 'is' or 'are' would depend on what is being modified by "who...". Who is cute? The friend who is here, or your friends in general? If your friends are cute, and one of them is here, then the sentence could be: "One of my friends who are cute is here." It may sound a bit awkward, but it's possible. If, on the other hand, you are referring to one of several friends -who happens to be cute- you'd say "One of my friends, who is cute, is here." The use of commas makes a difference when it comes to relative clauses. Miriam miriam Joined on Mon, May 10 2004 Argentina Regular Member 821 "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato Grammar, Clauses, Commas

	ryan smith  +  31503 Mon, 31 May 04 03:04 AM That you Henry and Miriam! Would it ever be proper to use whom to refer to the friends? "One of my friends, whom are cute, is here." I as this because the sentence "One of my friends, all of whom are cute, is here." sounds correct to me. Thanks! Again. ryan smith Grammar, Whom

	JCB-Boston  +  31749 Tue, 01 Jun 04 09:08 PM "One of my friends, whom are cute, is here." This is not correct, because "whom" is not the object of anything. It's the subject, so it must be "who." ("One of my friends, WHO are cute, is here." ) In the phrase "all of whom," it is correct to say "whom" because it is the object of the preposition "of." Your last sentence is fine. JCB-Boston Joined on Tue, Jun 1 2004 Boston/New York New Member 06 Grammar, Prepositions, Whom