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From: Scotius <wolvzbro@mnsi.net>
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Subject: Re: She is one of those women who speaks well of others.
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:51:23 -0500
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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?
>
It sounds more correct the first way, but it isn't. "She" isn't
the person relative to those who "speak well of others", but "those
women" are, and so the second is correct, since "women" is a plural,
and women speak, but do not "speaks".
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