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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Have to be and does

Which of the following is formally correct?

Thanks

How many do there have to be?

How many does there have to be?
  

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Anonymous Which of the following is formally correct? Thanks How many do there have to be? How many does there have to be?

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  • Anonymous Which of the following is formally correct?
  • Thanks How many do there have to be?
  • How many does there have to be?
  • I think the distinction here is not betwen formal and informal , but between grammatical and ungrammatical .
  • As how many refers to a plural object, the verb should conform.
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AnonymousWhich of the following is formally correct?

Thanks

How many do there have to be?

How many does there have to be?
I think the distinction here is not betwen formal and informal, but between grammatical and ungrammatical. As how many refers to a plural object, the verb should conform. Th
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Only the first is correct.

CJ
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