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Cup cake Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Have or Has?

Hi Everyone,

Do you think this sentence should be 'has' or 'have'?

The first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day.

I think 'have' sounds correct, but given the 'first presenter'; I'm not 100% on this one.


Thanks,

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"as well as" introduces parenthetical information so it's not considered in subject-verb agreement. The first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day. The first presenters, as well as the judge, have left for the day.

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  • "as well as" introduces parenthetical information so it's not considered in subject-verb agreement.
  • The first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day.
  • The first presenters, as well as the judge, have left for the day.
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"as well as" introduces parenthetical information so it's not considered in subject-verb agreement.

The first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day.

The first presenters, as well as the judge, have left for the day.

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Cup cakeThe first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day.

I read The first presenter has left for the day as the main clause, and as well as the next two as an adjunct in The first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day.

"has" agrees with the singular subject in the main clause.

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The first presenter, as well as the next two, has left for the day.


"As well as" is best analysed as a coordinator, i.e. it is a constituent that behaves like "and", so we have paired NPs, meaning:

[The first presenter], [and the next two], have left for the day.

Since the subject consists of a coordination of two NPs. the verb s

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