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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Use of have or has

Our staff has (or have) worked hard...
  

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Hi, You can say it either way, depending on whether you are thinking of the staff as a unit, or as a group of individual persons. Similar words in this regard are, for example, 'team' and 'government'. Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, You can say it either way, depending on whether you are thinking of the staff as a unit, or as a group of individual persons.
  • Similar words in this regard are, for example, 'team' and 'government'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
You can say it either way, depending on whether you are thinking of the staff as a unit, or as a group of individual persons.
Similar words in this regard are, for example, 'team' and 'government'.

Best wishes, Clive
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With regard to a sporting team, I find that in British-English speakers say 'have', while American-English speakers use 'has'.

Regards,

Paul

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