40f Making verbs agree with {em}who{/em}, {em}which{/em}, and {em}that{/em}

40fMaking verbs agree with who, which, and that

When the relative pronouns who, which, and that are used as a subject, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun.

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Problems often occur with the words one of the. In general, one of the takes a plural verb, while only one of the takes a singular verb.

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Some employees always work overtime. Carla is among them. Thus who refers to employees, and the verb is plural.

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Only one employee always works overtime, and that employee is Ming. Thus one, and not employees, is the antecedent of who, and the verb form is singular.