📅 Created: 22 May, 2023
🔄 Updated: 29 Nov, 2025

Which one is correct? ?

Explanation

āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ “One of my sisters is a nurse.” āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

ā§§. one of + the + plural noun āĻ—āĻ āύ
āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž “one of” āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ⧇āϰ (plural) āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻžāĻŽ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, “one of my friends,” “one of the students” āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ “one of my sister” āύ⧟, “one of my sisters” āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

⧍. singular verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ
“one of my sisters” āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ  āĻšā§Ÿ “one â€Ļ is” āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻāĻ•āϜāύāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ (one) āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ “is” (singular verb) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, “are” āύ⧟āĨ¤

ā§Š. possessive determiner-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻ—
“my sisters” āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ ė—ŦëŸŦ āĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύāĨ¤ “my sister” (āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§‹āύ) āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ “one of” āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āϚāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

ā§Ē. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž
â€ĸ “One of my sister are a nurse” – sister āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ, are āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ; āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻĢāϞāĨ¤
â€ĸ “One of my sister is a nurse” – sister āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ, āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ/āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻĢāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ “One of my sisters are a nurse” – sisters (āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ) āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ are (āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž) āϭ⧁āϞ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ is āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

āωāĻĒāϏāĻ‚āĻšāĻžāϰ
āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, “one of my sisters is a nurse” āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•; āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ (sisters) āĻ“ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž (is) āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§‹āύ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤