“One of my friends” and that’s the same for all of these. “One of my friends is from Italy” and the rest of them all use “are.” Okay? But all have friends, not friend.
“Are” is used with all of these expressions and the only one that uses “is” is one.
Some people say that none stands for not one and should be singular, but in everyday spoken English, we use “are.” “None of my friends are from Italy.” Okay? Well, there is actually some debate about this question. Okay? With none of my friends, do we use is or are? Now, what about none of? None means zero. “All of my friends are from Italy.” none of Why? Because now a few of, now we’re talking about multiple people, two or three or four people, and it’s the same with some of, most of and all of. Well, to make phrases with these, we still use friends, so we have a few of my friends, but now we use “ are.” – “A few of my friends are from Italy.” How about with these phrases? A few of, some of, most of, all of and none of. Now, let’s look at some other similar sentences. If we didn’t have “one of,” then we would say, “My friends are from Italy.” But when using this structure, one of my friends, we have friends plural and “is” singular to match with the word “one.” a few of / some of / most of / all of You might think it’s strange to have “friends is” because “friends” is plural and “is” is the singular form, but actually it’s because the subject of this is one. It should be: “One of my friends is from Italy,” because I have many friends and one of them is from Italy.
So, the problem is, in phrases like this one: “One of my friend is from Italy.” There’s something that’s incorrect in this phrase. Beginner students, intermediate students and advanced students make this mistake often. And today, I want to correct a mistake that I’m seeing a lot of students make.
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