I'd vote for number two for the following reason:
"those women who speak well of others" is a complete thought in itself, and
is the object of the preceding preposition "of". The phrase modifies
"one", which is the direct object of the sentence. "She" is the subject,
and "is" is the verb. The subject and verb do agree in number. It's not
necessary for a verb in the prepositional phrase which modifies the direct
object to agree in number with the subject.
"Mike C" <caesarwillfall@NOSPAMsafe-mail.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:12:52 +0900, "jezx" <noname@notmail.com> wrote:
>
> >1. She is one of those women who speaks well of others.
> >2. She is one of those women who speak well of others.
> >
> >Someone please help - which is correct 1 or 2 and why?
> >
>
> 2 is grammatically correct, though 1 is far more common in everyday
> speech. The statement is literally saying that "She" is a member of a
> group which is defined by the action "to speak well of others".
> "Those" in the original sentence replaces "they", since the reference
> is to an impersonal noun, "women". You can usually figure these out
> just by trying to substitute a pronoun and then checking for verb
> agreement.
>
> Mike
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