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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A question about has/have

Dear reader,

I am translating a survey from the Dutch language to the English language.
Everything is going rather well, except for one thing.

Does your organisation has/have a clearly defined.......

I thought it was: has
But I am not sure.

I hope you are able to correct me and if possible some tips on improving my English.

With kind regards,

Koen Jansen
  

Top answer

Yes you are right Does your organisation has a clearly defined....... Has is used for third person singular number and have is used for the rest . In this you could use have if it was : Does your organizations have a clearly defined.......

— Jhumjhum

  • Yes you are right Does your organisation has a clearly defined.......
  • Has is used for third person singular number and have is used for the rest .
  • In this you could use have if it was : Does your organizations have a clearly defined.......
  • If the subject is singular the verb form should be singular and if the subject is plural, verb should take the plural form
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Yes you are right

Does your organisation has a clearly defined.......

Has is used for third person singular number and have is used for the rest .

In this you could use have if it was :

Does your organizations have a clearly defined.......

I /we / you /they have
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Look at these sentences:
Your/our organization has a clearly...
Emphatically, this would be:
Our organization does have a clearly...
So - when you use 'to do' as the 'dummy' auxiliary in forming the question, the 'dummy' auxiliary begins the sentence:
Does your org
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Do, does and did always go with the plain/bare infinitive:

Does your organisation have...
Do your organisations have...
Did your organisation have...

Without do, do
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