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 allThe 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