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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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There has been a number of payments

Is this correct?
  

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I would suggest There have been a number of payments.
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Grammar GeekI would suggest There have been a number of payments.
Because you use the article 'a' I find 'has' perfectly acceptable to my British ear. I see you are in America so therefore it is better to follow GG suggestion as she has an American ear.
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This IS a puzzler. I'm sure there are plenty of threads on it.

I for one would purely enjoy hearing the American point of vi
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Avangi I'm sure there are plenty of threads on it.
See also this recent thread:

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Thanks, MrWordy. [Y]
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My American Ear also prefers "there have been a number of." "A number (of something)" may look like it's grammatically singular, but logically the phrase refers to more than one item.
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