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Each of…/ One of…that 20 Feb 2008, 21:49
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Each of…/ One of…that

A commonly tested GMAT concept is that of "each of/one of + plural noun". The
verb that immediately follows will agree with the subject "each of/one of" if there
is no relative pronoun following.
E.g.: Each of the witnesses was questioned by the police.
E.g.: Each of the books reminds me of her

In red is the independent clause and in blue is the prepositional phrase. "reminds" in this case is part of the independent clause and should be conjugated with the subject of the independent clause "each". In blue is just extraneous information splitting the independent clause. Do not get bothered by it. "reminds" should still be singularly conjugated.

E.g.: Princeton built 300 houses on a large portion of the 210-acre site of the Battle of Princeton, one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that remain undeveloped.

In the above sentence, the independent clause and prepositional phrase have the same explanation as in the first example. "one of" will usually require a singular verb after. However, when there is an intruder, splitting the independent clause such as “that”, the relative/restrictive clause, the verb can be either singular/plural. A relative clause usually refers to the closest noun and in this case, it is "battlefields" from the prepositional phrase. Hence, "remain", the immediately following verb is singular. However in the example below it is “rests” and not “rest”. That can refer to either “one book” or “books”. The verb that follows that determines what that refers to.
E.g.: One of the books that rests on the table reminds me of her.
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The explanation above is a bit confusing. While explaining the first example in red, the author says that the relative pronoun "that" will determine whether the verb will be singular or plural. But for the second sentence, he/she says that the verb will determine what the relative pronoun "that" refers to.
Any ideas????

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Thanks for a great topic.

Please refer following link: One of those [plural noun] that is/are … https://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/one.htm

I hope this provides some information.

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