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Joe2012 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Can we use singular verb with plurals, like in this sutuation?

Sentence: It's more biased than them because it has peace haters, canards spreading people like X, Y, Z as editors.

Note: Take X, Y, Z as the names of somebody.

My question: Can we use singular verb like "has" in the sentence because the following matter is plural? Besides, is it necessary to pluralize the word "editor" in the sentence? Please reply. Would be most oblige. Emotion: smile

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The subject of "has" is "it", so "has" is correct. The subject is all that matters. "editor s " refers to more than one person, so the plural is required.

— Mr Wordy

  • The subject of "has" is "it", so "has" is correct.
  • The subject is all that matters.
  • "editor s " refers to more than one person, so the plural is required.
  • Various other elements of the sentence are not correct.
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The subject of "has" is "it", so "has" is correct. The subject is all that matters.

"editors" refers to more than one person, so the plural is required.

Various other elements of the sentence are not correct. If it means what I think it means, it should read:

"It's more biased than them because it has peace-hating, canard-spreading people like X,
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