Date:  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:20:00 -0500

From:  Jerry Miller <millerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FRANKLINCOLL.EDU>

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



Bethany: On the "One of the fictions that has/have..." question, I

personally come down on the side of "have" (this is one we discuss a lot in

the journalism department). It seems to me that "fictions" is the subject of

that verb, not "One" (which has its own verb later on--I've forgotten what

it is, but may be "is"?). I read it in the sense of "One of all those

fictions that have been put forth over all those centuries (or whatever)..."

But, as I said, this is one of those questions that always sparks heated

debate in the journalism department here (and elsewhere, I suspect).



Jerry Miller

Pulliam School of Journalism

Franklin College (Ind.)