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<p>I am having issues with subject-verb agreement. Care to help (and differentiate)?</p>

<p>The President has designated Senator Frank as one of the Congressmen who are going to attend the conference on nuclear waste disposal. No error</p>

<p>The fire officials attributed the high casualty rate to the fact that not one of the more than two thousand rooms in the hotel were equipped with sprinklers or smoke detectors. No error</p>

<p>The first one is No error, while the second one is C (was equipped)...
How come the first one is plural when it is referring to the one Senator going with other people to the conference? (Senator Frank, along with other Congressmen, is going to attend...)</p>

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“who” modifies Congressmen, which is plural, so “are,” which is also plural, is in agreement with “Congressmen.” “the Congressmen who are going to attend the conference” is a group of men who are going to attend the conference on nuclear waste disposal. Senator Frank is one person in that group. Senator Frank is one of [the Congressmen who are going to attend the conference on nuclear waste disposal].

There are more than two thousand rooms in the hotel. Not one (of the rooms) was equipped.</p>

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<p>Thank you… Everything is so much clearer now~!</p>