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My best three friends each have distinct opinions about social security.Is my sentence acceptable?ThanksLiJ

Hoa Thai · Accepted Answer

LiveinjapanMy best three friends each have distinct opinions about social security.
My three best friends each has a distinct / different opinion about social security.

Is my sentence acceptable?

Thanks
LiJ

Liveinjapan · Answer

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Yoong Liat · Answer

Hoa Thai
LiveinjapanMy best three friends each have distinct opinions about social security.

My three best friends each has a distinct / different opinion about social security.

Is my sentence acceptable?

Thanks
LiJ

Hi Hoa Thai

My three best friends each has a distinct / different opinion about social security. ( The verb should be 'have'. My three best friends / They each have ... )

Yankee · Answer

Right.
In order to use 'has', you would need to reword this way:
Each of my three best friends has ...

Hoa Thai · Answer

Hi Yoong Liat,

Good catch! Thank you.

Liveinjapan · Answer

Thanks, friends!

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