Direction: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is No error, the answer is (4).
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Solve the question according to given instruction
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- He is one of those writers
- who has won acclaim
- the world over.
- No error
Correct Option: B
have will replace has because –
When one of is followed by a Noun/Pronoun, the Noun/Pronoun is considered as Antecedent and the Verb is used accordingly.
Here, writers (Noun) has been used after one of, writers is in Plural, hence, the Verb will also be in Plural.
Look at the example given below :
She is one of those residents who have fought for their membership.
Here, residents (Noun) has been used after one of, So, it is the Antecedent of Relative Pronoun-who.
It is in plural, hence, the Verb will also be in Plural.
Hence, who have won acclaim is the right usage
