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Tamguatlay Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

About one hundred thousand dollars has / have bee spent to renovate the building.

About one hundred thousand dollars has / have bee spent to renovate the building.

Which is the correct verb? May I know why that verb is used?

Thanks.
  

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About one hundred thousand dollars has / have been spent to renovate the building. Which is the correct verb? May I know why that verb is used?

— Tamguatlay

  • About one hundred thousand dollars has / have been spent to renovate the building.
  • Which is the correct verb?
  • May I know why that verb is used?
  • Thanks.
  • Note: Original post carried a spelling error - "bee".
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About one hundred thousand dollars has / have been spent to renovate the building.

Which is the correct verb? May I know why that verb is used?

Thanks.

Note: Original post carried a spelling error - "bee".
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About one hundred thousand dollars has been spent to renovate the building.

We see $100,000 as a (singular) sum of money.
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About one hundred thousand dollars has been spent to renovate the building.

If the subject is a sum of money or a period of time, a singular verb is used.
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tamguatlayAbout one hundred thousand dollars has / have been spent to renovate the building.Which is the correct verb?
In American English, either verb is possible and neither is wrong; it simply depends on whether the speaker is envisioning a single sum (as fivejedjohn indicates) or many dollars.
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