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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
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spate of robberies has / have

0 The recent spate of robberies 00has / have 00caused concern among the residents. 02br
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00Should I use 'has' or 'have' be used?0-
  

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0 45 from nytimes.com for "spate of * have"02br
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0You should use "has", because spate is countable. There could also be two spates of robberies (poor residents 05000).010id5
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0Thanks, Marius and Philologist, for your reply to my query. 0-

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