a small typo in svnbook

[Kamaraju Kusumanchi]

On Sunday 30 April 2006 20:36, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> On 4/29/06, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Instead of
> >
> > If you're one of those folks who prefers to learn
> >
> > I think it should be
> >
> > If you're one of those folks who prefer to learn
>
> The existing text is actually correct;  it's a grammatical detail that
> even native speakers sometimes get wrong.  The actual subject of the
> sentence is "one", which is singular, so the verb is "prefers".  ("One
> prefers...")  The phrase "of those folks" is just a clause which has
> no effect on the verb.

Thanks for the clarification.

raju

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