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Sunu Posted 20 years ago
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Have or Has

0 Hi,02br
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00Would we write:02br
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00The breed's temperament, coupled with looks, 01font00have 01font00OR02font00 has02font00 made him very popular.02br
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00Also,when we remove the paired comma:02br
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00The breed's temperament coupled with looks 01font00have 01font00OR02font00 has02font00 made him very popular.02br
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00Thanks,02br
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0 02br 02br 00Dear Sunu,02br 02br 00We may say perhaps that both temperament and looks have made the breed popular. 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05002br 02br 00Goldmund02br 00 010id1

— Goldmund

  • 0 02br 02br 00Dear Sunu,02br 02br 00We may say perhaps that both temperament and looks have made the breed popular.
  • 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05002br 02br 00Goldmund02br 00 010id1
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00Dear Sunu,02br
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00We may say perhaps that both temperament and looks have made the breed popular. It is my opinion therefore that we may say «have» in both examples.02br
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00Kind regards, 05002br
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00Goldmund02br
00 010id1
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0This seems awfully tricky to me. It appears to me that the sentence is worded in order to emphasize the factor of temperament in the breed, and that might argue for 01i01font00has02font02i00. 02br
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00If we were to change the sentence to-- 'The breed's temperament, separate from his looks, 01font
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10The breed's temperament, coupled with looks, 11font10have 11font10OR12font10 has12font10 made him very popular.12br
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