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When anyone says "passed" or "passed away" when they mean died, I usually say something, especially if they are referring to my husband.
Once some government department kept asking me why the sales of our software company (I only did the books, not the code) were falling so rapidly. Eventually I wrote "My husband is still dead". That fixed it!

The only way I can see 'makes' being correct is if the there was a comma after 'those', but then the sentence would take on a different meaning.

Thanks for everyone's ideas. I must confess that I find this very confusing!

As it is written, Chrise, you can only really read ' those who makes a film host' as a nounal phase'. So it is 'One of those (with more info on what those are)', and it has to be 'make'.

This problem arises often when surveys are taken. For example:

One in ten cats prefer(s)...

There is no general agreement as to whether it should be prefer or prefers; it just depends on how you think of it. There is no ultimate authority on the English language and style guides offer differing advice. So just go with what sounds better to you.

I don’t think that you can just go with whichever you prefer in this case though, Orson, as they have quite different meanings. Compare ‘One of those who form a company’ and ‘One of those who forms a company’. They are quite different as are ‘One of those who make a film host’ and ‘One of those who makes a film host’. Only the first says what is needed by the clue.

According to the BBC, Sajid Javid has resigned `suddenly` ... can`t see how he could have gone gradually.

Tyke

Yes, another case where the wrong word has been used. I would have approved of "surprisingly" or similar. I get irritated by "I refute .........", when no refutation is given, rather than "I deny that......."

Tyke

I admire Javid for resigning but he could have spared us the claptrap.

"No self-respecting minister would accept the PM's conditions. No self-respecting PM would impose those conditions. But I have full respect for the PM"

...so now we have a Minister Without Portfolio instead of a Chancellor Without Budget.

A lot of people in the North have "suddenly" realised that they made a terrible mistake.

Grunger

I`m just hoping Boris keeps his promise to spend on Northern Infrastructure - particularly Rail, which has been starved of investment since Dr Beeching`s time.

Did you say that Lisa Nandy is your MP? I`m thinking of voting for her in the leadership election. If there was an election on the horizon I would plump for Keir Starmer but, with a minimum of 4 years in opposition, I think Lisa might be the one to lead us to the sunlit uplands.