Question

Spot error : one of the boy looks happy

Answer 1

One of the boys looks happy.

Explanation:

The phrase ‘one of the’ is used to refer to a single entity of a group or subject. The noun or pronoun or the subject following this phrase will be in a plural form and the phrase represents about one out of the many subjects. Since the phrase refers to one subject, the verb also takes the singular form. In the above sentence, the phrase ‘one of the boys’ refers to a single boy among a group of boys and hence takes the plural verb form ‘looks’. The general grammar rule for sentences with the phrase ‘one of the’ is:

‘One of the’ + plural subject or noun + (that/who) + singular verb.

Answer 2

Answer:

In the given sentence error is in boy it should be ‘’boys’’ and the correct sentence will be one of the boys looks happy because here ‘’one of the boys’’ means one boy among a group of boys so it should be followed by singular verb which means it should be ‘one of the boys looks’ instead of ‘one of the boy looks’. We can take another example such as, ‘one of the boys are’ which is incorrect and the correct form of this sentence will be ‘one of the boys is’.