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Balboa1 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

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Is this OK:

It's not you, it’s your husband and family that's got issues.

Or

It’s not you. Your husband and family have got issues.

  

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balboa1 It's not you, it’s your husband and family that's got issues. It should properly be "that have got issues", but "that's" may be used in casual speech. balboa1 It’s not you.

  • balboa1 It's not you, it’s your husband and family that's got issues.
  • It should properly be "that have got issues", but "that's" may be used in casual speech.
  • balboa1 It’s not you.
  • Your husband and family have got issues.
  • This is correct English.
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balboa1It's not you, it’s your husband and family that's got issues.

It should properly be "that have got issues", but "that's" may be used in casual speech.

balboa1It’s not you. Your husband and family have got issues.

This is correct English. It loses just a little of the contrastive effect of the first sentence.

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