Subject-verb agreement question? One of the only...
Mrs. Smith is one of the only teachers who offers no homework.
Or should it be offer?
Mrs. Smith is one of the only teachers who offers no homework.
Or should it be offer?
1 Answer
Nov 23, 2017
It should be offers.
Explanation:
The rules for a singular subject (a person) and regular verbs are typically a -s ending. If you were talking about the teachers as a group, it would be offer. However, you are talking about one teacher specifically as the subject, which then makes it 'offers':
"Mrs. Smith is one who offers no homework."
The pronoun "who" takes the place of the singular noun "one" as the subject of the relative clause, making the subject pronoun "who" a singular subject.
