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Abdulkaium tanvir Posted 9 years ago
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The degree of persecution the Rohingyas have been subjected to amounts to ethnic cleansing.

I found the above sentence in a newspaper.My question is- " has been " or " have been" is right as tge subject is here" the degree"?

  

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abdulkaium tanvir The degree of persecution the Rohingyas have has been subjected to amounts to ethnic cleansing. 'has' is required here. Nevertheless, the sentence has other problems, for example, how can a degree of persecution be subjected to ethnic cleansing?

  • abdulkaium tanvir The degree of persecution the Rohingyas have has been subjected to amounts to ethnic cleansing.
  • 'has' is required here.
  • Nevertheless, the sentence has other problems, for example, how can a degree of persecution be subjected to ethnic cleansing?
  • Is "degree of persecution" some kind of ethnicity?
  • The sentence is probably intended to say something like: Rohingyas have been subjected to a high degree of persecution .
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abdulkaium tanvirThe degree of persecution the Rohingyas have has been subjected to amounts to ethnic cleansing.

'has' is required here.

Nevertheless, the sentence has other problems, for example, how can a degree of persecution be subjected to ethnic cleansing? Is "degree of persecution" some kind of ethnicity?

The se

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