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Mountiee Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Has, Have

"The warranty on both the Honda and Toyota has/have run out."

Should it be plural or singular?
  

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Hi, The warranty . . has.

— Clive

  • Hi, The warranty .
  • .
  • has.
  • .
  • The warranties .
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Hi,

The warranty . . . has. . . .

The warranties . . . have . . .

The latter seems more natural.

Clive
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Thank you for your reply, Clive!

So, the part:

"The warranty on both the Honda and Toyota"

is wrong?
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Hi,

It suggests to me that there is one warranty that covers both cars. I've never heard of such a situation.


Clive
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Thank you for your reply, Clive!

Making a few changes:

"The courage shown by Peter and the courage shown by Mark was/were praiseworthy."
"The courage shown both by Peter and by Mark was/were praiseworthy."
"The courage shown both by Peter and Mark was/were
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Hi,

Did they both show courage on the same occasion and at the same time?

Clive
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By:

"The courage shown by Peter and the courage shown by Mark was/were praiseworthy."
"The courage shown both by Peter and by Mark was/were praiseworthy."
"The courage shown both by Peter and Mark was/were praiseworthy."

, I want the individual
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Hi,

By:
"The courage shown by Peter and the courage shown by Mark was/were praiseworthy."
"The courage shown both by Peter and by Mark was/were praiseworthy."
"The courage shown both by Peter and Mark was/were pra
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Thank you for your reply, Clive!

Assuming beer is not countable,

"Beer from Norway and from Finland is/are the among the best in the world."

Should I use "is" and not "are"?
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Hi,

is.

( But you'd more naturally say 'beers . . . . are . . . ' )

Clive
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