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)