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Exodejavu Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

All that can be done ___ been done

All that can be done____.

A. has been done
B. have been done

The key answer is A.
What's wrong with B?
  

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"All" in this context is uncountable. All the milk is / are gone! All the chairs have been brought inside.

— Avangi

  • "All" in this context is uncountable.
  • All the milk is / are gone!
  • All the chairs have been brought inside.
  • (countable) Woops!
  • We need a noun pronoun.
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"All" in this context is uncountable. All the milk is / are gone!

All the chairs have been brought inside. (countable)

Woops! We need a noun pronoun. And all, all save one, will follow. (People - countable)

Well, in future, singular and plural are the same. All save one were drowned. (Sorry, Herman.)
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exodejavu All that can be done____.

A. has been done
B. have been done

The key answer is A.
What's wrong with B?

all that can be done is considered one thing, not more. It has to have a singular verb.
CJ
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