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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

and/or

1. If the keyboard and/or CPU have been inactive for a set number of minutes, the computer goes into standby mode. (With 'and/or' is the verb 'have' correct or 'has' ? Or either one is fine? Which one would you go with?)

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Treat it as though only one of the conjunctions is present. 1. If the keyboard and the CPU have been inactive for a set number of minutes, the computer goes into standby mode.

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  • Treat it as though only one of the conjunctions is present.
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  • If the keyboard and the CPU have been inactive for a set number of minutes, the computer goes into standby mode.
  • Since the sentence is about two items, you use "have".
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Treat it as though only one of the conjunctions is present.

1. If the keyboard and the CPU have been inactive for a set number of minutes, the computer goes into standby mode.

Since the sentence is about two items, you use "have".
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