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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

English grammar

"The protection and development of art HAS important implications for cultural diversity." What confuses me is that wether it should be HAS or HAVE because PROTECTION and DEVELOPMENT are 2 different things after all. Thanks
  

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Anonymous What confuses me is that wether it should be HAS or HAVE because PROTECTION and DEVELOPMENT are 2 different things after all The choice in such a circumstance is usually open to the writer: it depends upon whether he considers the two items part and parcel of a single concept, or two different things. The reader, then, will accept the verb number depending upon his own consideration.

  • Anonymous What confuses me is that wether it should be HAS or HAVE because PROTECTION and DEVELOPMENT are 2 different things after all The choice in such a circumstance is usually open to the writer: it depends upon whether he considers the two items part and parcel of a single concept, or two different things.
  • The reader, then, will accept the verb number depending upon his own consideration.
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AnonymousWhat confuses me is that wether it should be HAS or HAVE because PROTECTION and DEVELOPMENT are 2 different things after all
The choice in such a circumstance is usually open to the writer: it depends upon whether he considers the two items part and parcel of a single concept, or two different things. The reader, then, will accept the verb number dep

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