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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Should we use "have" or "has" in the below sentence

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0My take02br
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0It's your intention to consider them as individuals, so the members of the board have elected.02br
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0 But there is only one board (even though it is made up of more than 1 person), so I would say use "has"... "The board has elected...". If you used only "directors" then you would use "have".02br
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0 It should be "has" since "of directors" is a prepositional phrase that has no bearing on the singular subject "board". For example: The group of students 01u00is02u00 working on a project. The team of scientists 01u00has02u00 concluded the experiment. The bag of marbles 01u00is02u00 lying on the table. It may sound awkwar
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