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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Has versus Have

When speaking of a group such as a company, does one use has or have (e.g., XYZ Company has announced...versus XYZ Company have announced...)?
  

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)? If you think of XYZ as a company, use 'has'. Use 'have' if the focus is on the staff in the company.

— Yoong Liat

  • )?
  • If you think of XYZ as a company, use 'has'.
  • Use 'have' if the focus is on the staff in the company.
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AnonymousWhen speaking of a group such as a company, does one use has or have (e.g., XYZ Company has announced...versus XYZ Company have announced...)?
If you think of XYZ as a company, use 'has'.
Use 'have' if the focus is on the staff in the company.
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Both varients are possible, so you can use whichever you want.

If you want to know more about this kind of problems, just google: subject-verb agreement.

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