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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Which is/are and which has/have
Hi. Please help. Are the verbs correct?
Which are bigger, cookies in the jar or cakes in the box?
Which has more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
Which are bigger, cookies in the jar or cakes in the box?
Which has more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
Top answer
Which are bigger, the cookies in the jar or the cakes in the box? Which has more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right? Those sound OK to me; I think that the second sentence could use either verb form without any complaints.
- Which are bigger, the cookies in the jar or the cakes in the box?
- Which has more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
- Those sound OK to me; I think that the second sentence could use either verb form without any complaints.
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Which are bigger, the cookies in the jar or the cakes in the box?
Which has more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
Those sound OK to me; I think that the second sentence could use either verb form without any complaints.
Which has more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
Those sound OK to me; I think that the second sentence could use either verb form without any complaints.
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Hi. Thank you.
Just to make sure, would you say these (those that are italicized) are correct? (I am sorry but did I write the previous question correctly?) Thank you in advance.
The second sentence I wrote:
Which has/have more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
And this?
Who has/have
Just to make sure, would you say these (those that are italicized) are correct? (I am sorry but did I write the previous question correctly?) Thank you in advance.
The second sentence I wrote:
Which has/have more floors in total, the two buildings on the left or the two buildings on the right?
And this?
Who has/have
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Yes, I would say that either the singular or the plural could appear in both those sentences: it depends upon whether the speaker is imagining one set of buildings / one group or two buildings/two students.
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