He is one of those players who has scored the most goals.
Grammar Focus: Subject-Verb Agreement in Relative Clauses
The original sentence is: "He is one of those players who has scored the most goals."
The task is to select the most appropriate option to replace the bolded part, "has scored", to improve the sentence grammatically.
Understanding the Grammar Rule
This sentence involves a relative clause introduced by the relative pronoun "who". The key is to determine what "who" refers to (its antecedent) and ensure the verb agrees with it.
- The structure is "one of those [plural noun] who...".
- In this case, the structure is "one of those players who...".
- The relative pronoun "who" refers to the nearest preceding plural noun, which is "players", not the singular pronoun "one".
- Therefore, the verb following "who" must be plural to agree with "players".
Analyzing the Options
- Option 1: have scored - This is a plural verb form. It correctly agrees with the plural antecedent "players". The sentence becomes: "He is one of those players who have scored the most goals." This is grammatically correct.
- Option 2: had been scoring - This is the past perfect continuous tense. It implies an ongoing action in the past before another past action. This tense doesn't fit the context of a general statement about players who score goals.
- Option 3: scores - This is a singular verb form (present tense). It would agree with "one", but "who" refers to "players". Using "scores" would be incorrect subject-verb agreement.
- Option 4: had scored - This is the past perfect tense. It implies an action completed before some other point in the past. While grammatically possible in certain contexts, the present perfect ("have scored") is generally preferred for this type of general statement referring to current records or achievements. "Have scored" fits better as a general fact.
Conclusion
The most appropriate option is the one that uses a plural verb to agree with the antecedent "players". Option 1, "have scored", achieves this.
The corrected sentence reads: "He is one of those players who have scored the most goals."
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