Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:32:06 -0600

From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU

Subject: Re: "One of the x that has/have"?



"One of the fictions that have grown out of the constant interviewing

of Reed and other arbiters of right-wing political correctness is

that Amerians vote for a Presidential candidate mainly because of where

he stands on certain clearly defined isues."



It seems to me that the semantic sense of the sentence calls for a

"One of the fictions that has" construction. If a student handed me that



My view of the semantic sense calls for "have."

--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)