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Ms. Birch has been working for the Internet provider which is now involved in a case of leaking customer information. Lcchang asks: Can I use 'who' instead of 'which' if I view the Internet provider as 'people' ? I was thinking of the Internet provider as a company. That's why I said...

One in (number), one out of (number) should take a singular verb (and a singular pronoun, if applicable). Even if in one's mind the "one in ..." represents a statistical ratio, "one" doesn't mean two or more. See Garner's "Modern American Usage."

In addition, who is a singular pronoun/adjective, so it takes a singular verb, but it agrees in number with its antecedent, so it expresses either a singular or plural meaning: EX: Who found the dog? (Singular: What person? | Plural: What group of people?) EX: He is the man who found the...

Hi, it's me, Ralf, the starter of this thread. Thanks for your answers so far. A post in another thread pointed me to the "American Heritage - Book of English Usage", where I found this section : According to the standard rule, when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be, seem, or...

Data, It's an interesting question. I saw two usage notes. From GuruNet.com... Let's go through them. USAGE NOTE The word data is the plural of Latin datum, “something given,” but it is not always treated as a plural noun in English. The plural usage is still common, as this...