JAMB - English Language (1995 - No. 74)
Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
One of the vice...... in an interim capacity?
One of the vice...... in an interim capacity?
president acts
president act
president's acts
presidents acts
설명
"Presidents" is used here because it is refering to a group that the subject is a member of. In a sentence like "One of the vice presidents...", the true subject is "One" (which is singular), even though it is followed by a plural noun phrase ("vice presidents") to indicate the group being referred to.
So the verb must agree with "one", not with "vice presidents." That means it should take a singular verb like "acts."