In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

One of the rioters who .... arrested yesterday .... released

  • A was/had been
  • B were/have been
  • C was/have been
  • D were/has been
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The correct answer is D. were/has been

According to the rule of concord, When ''who, whose, which and that'' refers to a previously mentioned noun or pronoun, such noun is a Relative noun,it should be followed by a singular anomalous verb. Hence the statement would read;

One of the rioters who were arrested yesterday has been released

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