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Select the most appropriate option to improve the bold part of the sentence. He is one of those players who has scored the most goals.
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Select the most appropriate option to improve the bold part of the sentence.
He is one of those players who has scored the most goals.

A.

have scored

B.

had been scoring

C.

scores

D.

had scored

Correct option is A

The correct substitution of the highlighted words is (a) have scored.
#Explanation: In the structure “one of those + plural noun + who/that + verb,” the relative pronoun “who” refers back to the plural antecedent “players,” so the verb must be plural ( have scored), not singular ( has scored). The sentence means: among those players who have scored the most goals, he is one. Using a singular verb wrongly makes “who” refer to “one” instead of “players.”
Grammatical rule used: With “one of + plural noun + who/that”, the relative clause modifies the plural noun; therefore use a plural verb after who/that (e.g., one of the students who have qualified).
Example: She is one of the writers who have won multiple awards.
Info booster / exceptions: When the writer explicitly intends “who” to refer to “one” (especially with only/sole), a singular verb is possible: He is the only one of the players who has scored today. Here only one restricts the reference to one, not the plural set.

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