AkashKashyap wrote:
Whenever you wish to see the subject verb agreement, just eliminate all the prepositional phrases. In this example,eliminate 'of mutations' along with other prepositional phrases and then try to focus on S-V Agreement.
Hi AkashKashyap, there is a
catch to it.
Prepositional phrases need to eliminated when determining the subject in a respective
clause. This rule cannot be applied
across clauses. For example:
One of the many buildings that are unstable is owned by the FTR Group.
We have
two clauses in this sentence:
i)
One of the many buildings is owned by the FTR Group - In this clause, since
buildings is a part of Prepositional phrase (
of the many buildings),
buildings cannot be the subject. Hence,
one is the subject and the verb is singular (
is).
ii)
that are unstable - What does
that modify? Well,
that follows the regular
rules and in this case, will modify
buildings. Hence, in
this clause, the appropriate verb will be
are.
p.s. Our book
EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses
this concept, its application and examples in significant detail. If someone is interested, PM me your email-id, I can mail the corresponding section.