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has / have

0The club have issued a statement OR The club has issued a statement.02br
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00Which the above one is correct?02br
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01cite10Qut12cite10The club have issued a statement OR The club has issued a statement.12br
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10Which the above one is correct?12br
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10Thanks12br
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10Since there is only one club ("the club"), the second sentence is correct ("has issued")
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0 British English is more accepting of 01i00The club have ... 02i00 There is a greater tendency in BrE to match the verb (in number) with the notional subject. That is, if the speaker thinks of 01i00the club02i00 as a plurality, he or she uses a plural verb with 01i00club02i00. 01i02br
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