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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
is it right here to use "has" rather than "have"? in the following sentence?
A total of 370,000 accessions of crop germplasm resources has been conserved.
A total of 370,000 accessions of crop germplasm resources has been conserved.
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Sorry Guest I am afraid not ! Accession = has Accession(s) = have One more thing; the sentence looks to me so bulky! try make it two sentences.
- Sorry Guest I am afraid not !
- Accession = has Accession(s) = have One more thing; the sentence looks to me so bulky!
- try make it two sentences.
- have fun
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Sorry Guest I am afraid not !
Accession = has
Accession(s) = have
One more thing; the sentence looks to me so bulky! try make it two sentences.
have fun
Accession = has
Accession(s) = have
One more thing; the sentence looks to me so bulky! try make it two sentences.
have fun
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I agree with the (other) guest.
It's the total (singular) the verb is agreeing with, not the accessions (plural).
I also find the sentence unwieldy, though. "Crop germplasm resources"? Too many nouns all clustered together. It might be resolved by the use of hyphens ("Crop-germplasm resources"? "Crop germplasm-resources"?) which help to show which nouns belong together as
It's the total (singular) the verb is agreeing with, not the accessions (plural).
I also find the sentence unwieldy, though. "Crop germplasm resources"? Too many nouns all clustered together. It might be resolved by the use of hyphens ("Crop-germplasm resources"? "Crop germplasm-resources"?) which help to show which nouns belong together as
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