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Sorry, completely disagree with Ms Straus. Balderdash! The verb MUST agree with its subject, not the noun in a PP.
He is one of the men who does/do the work.
If you take away the PP, you get
He is one who does/do the work.
Clearly, the subject is singular, so the choice of verb must be as well:
He is one who does the work.
The existence of the PP (adjectival clause) which describes this particular he doesn't change a dad-burned thing!
Oooooh, noooooo. What have I done? This is probably unenlightened non-self interest ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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