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one of my friends vs one of my friend

The correct phrase is 'one of my friends.' The word 'friends' should be plural to match the meaning of 'one of.' 'Friend' should only be used in the singular form when not preceded by 'one of.'

Last updated: March 17, 2024 • 2724 views

one of my friends

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'one of my friends' when referring to a specific friend among a group of friends. The word 'friends' should be plural to match the meaning of 'one of.'

Examples:

  • One of my friends is coming over tonight.
  • She is one of my friends from college.
  • I consider him one of my friends.
  • Can I bring one of my friends to the party?
  • He is one of my friends who always supports me.
  • Jul 2, 2011 ... It's "one of my friends". The other option would be ungrammatical. To spice it up a little, here are the stats from the Corpus of Contemporary ...
  • Jun 29, 2012 ... Or is it grammatically wrong to have such a possessive construct and the correct form is: The father of one of my friends is serving in the Navy.
  • Actually, I had thought that "a friend of mine" sounded more natural than "one of my friends." Now I have understood that I can use both of them. Thank you again  ...
  • First one is right..one of my friends. Similarly one of the famous lawyers is correct. When you say "one of the" you indicate a particular one from many.so it has to ...

Alternatives:

  • a friend of mine
  • one of the friends I have
  • one of my close friends
  • one of my best friends
  • one of the people I know

one of my friend

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • I am discussing this because, few days before one of my friend purchased Sony digital camera, especially to capture photos of his first trip to France.
  • "Life is everything I dreamt it would be" one of my friend's Facebook status' boldly proclaimed.
  • I started 2 years ago after an injury. I couldn't move and one of my friend qualified for the San Remo tournament and so I decided to try poker.
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  • I those days I was a bit lost , she continues - Then I visited some classes of one of my friend who was studying interaction design and discovered Arduino.
  • You know, one of my friend Mahimbo... She thinks she saw one of your kids, about a week ago.
  • Based on one of my friend suggestion, I used third party software to rebuild AVI file index to overcome the issues.
  • Aquatronica was born as a small part of the much larger brand AEB technologies back in 2003, 11 years ago thanks to the tenacity and vision of one of my friend Massimo Brandi, I've come to know and admire for his work since then.
  • Talking about jobs, I remember a nice one of my friend Viridiano, who is also swinging from contract to contract. "... why worry, Fabio? We're a generation of temporary employees...".
  • One of my friend suggested that newly arrived Windows 8 has got great features as compared to Windows 7.
  • I'm staying at one of my friend's.
  • Luckily for me one of my friend's father-in-law, who is from the east, helped me with husking, using a huge 'scary looking' cleaver/scythe.
  • One of my friend's parents invests in startups, and he loves Peek-A-Boots.

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