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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Has/have

1i00Among them English is one of the languages that 01b00has/have02b00 many speakers.02i02br
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00I think 01i00have02i00 is a correct choice but is 01i00has02i00 also possible?02br
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00Thanks02br
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12i 12br 12br 10I think 11i 10have12i 10 is a correct choice but is 11i 10has12i 10 also possible? 11b 10(No. )12b 12br 12br 10Thanks12br 10LiJ12br 12br 12blockquote 1-

— Yoong Liat

  • 12i 12br 12br 10I think 11i 10have12i 10 is a correct choice but is 11i 10has12i 10 also possible?
  • 11b 10(No.
  • )12b 12br 12br 10Thanks12br 10LiJ12br 12br 12blockquote 1-
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite12br
11i10Among them English is one of the languages that 11b10has/have12b10 many speakers.12i12br
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10I think 11i10have12i10 is a correct choice but is 11i10has12i10 also possible? 11b10(No. Gra
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0Ooh! I am confused a bit. We only refer to English, don't we? Then, why don't we use "has"?0-
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0 Hi,02br
00"have" is the "prescriptively correct" one, because it actually and grammatically refers to "languages".02br
00Now, the fact is that a lot of native speakers use the singular in those kinds of structures, because they make the verb agree with what comes before "one of". 02br
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00The advice is: use the plural when you feel you will be jud
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0Hi Doll02br
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01i00... English is one of the languages that 01b00has/have02b00 many speakers.02i02br
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01i00... English is one of the 01b00languages that02b00 01b00have02b00 many speakers.02i00 ( The verb should agree with the noun 'languages'.)0
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0Thank you Kooyeen and Yoong Liat, I understood it.0-
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0 A parallel case may clarify:02br
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001. English is the easiest of the languages that have many speakers.02br
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00which can be rephrased as:02br
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002. Of the languages that have many speakers, English is the easiest.02br
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00(No one would use "has" here.)02br
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00Best wishes,02
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0Thank you all! 01blockquote
01cite10MrPedantic12cite102. Of the languages that have many speakers, English is the easiest.12br
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10(No one would use "has" here.)12br
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10Great idea!02br
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00Kooyeen, your explanation is quite understandable. Thanks.0-
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