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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Have/Has

Hi, excellent work you are doing! Keep it up!

I have a question please;

Would you use 'have' or has to describe a collective?

Ex. A police has been removed? or A police have been removed?

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Hi, First, your most serious problem is 'a police'. We never say that. We speak of 'a police force' or, in a broad sense, 'the police' For one person, we say eg a police officer.

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  • Hi, First, your most serious problem is 'a police'.
  • We never say that.
  • We speak of 'a police force' or, in a broad sense, 'the police' For one person, we say eg a police officer.
  • eg A police officer arrested the bank robber.
  • eg The police arrested the bank robber.
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Hi,

First, your most serious problem is 'a police'. We never say that.

We speak of 'a police force' or, in a broad sense, 'the police'

For one person, we say eg a police officer.

eg A police
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If you want say something about single things you must say "has"
and we use have for plural .

Ex : They have been removed ...
She has been removed ..
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Dear Mohammad SHakoori,

In you examples have/has are auxiliary verbs and that'snot the matter of plural or singular.

Because "I" is singular but we use have.

Regards

Iman
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