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One of the friends were doubtful that th...

One of the friends were doubtful that the plan would work.

A

that the plan

B

were doubtful

C

would work

D

One of the friends

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The correct Answer is:
B
According to the "Subject-Verb Agreement rule", "One of/ Each of Most of + Plural Subject + Singular Verb" is grammatically the correct structure. In the given question, the subject should be in the plural form(friends) and the verb should be in singular form(was). Hence, .was doubtful. will be answer./
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