One of those who: VP Sg or VP Pl?

[carole crompton]

Sure.
Lazy hippies like me like to do power computing, or any computing for
that matter, at a desk because it is easier on the back.

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>> From  ARS Technica:
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> "I'm one of those lazy hippies who _likes_ to do _her power-computing
> in be=
> d
> ..."
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> For me, the above is absolutely grammatical. However, I've both heard
> and
> read
> that this string is ungrammatical and that the grammatical form is:
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> "I'm one of those lazy hippies who _like_ to do _their_
> power-computing in
> bed ..."
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> Does anyone else care enough to write an opinion?
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> -Wilson Gray
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