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Tinanam0102 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Who has or Who have

Hi teachers,

I copied down the following from a forum. Can you please tell me if this is because of the AmE / BrE diferences?

The default singular values for who and what can, however, be overridden when there is a presupposition that the answer is plural:

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•i. What are going to be the deciding factors?

•ii. Who haven't yet handed in their assignments?

•iii. Who have excelled themselves in this year's coxed pairs?

•iv. What have pointed ears and long tails?

Thanks
TN
  

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tinanam0102 Can you please tell me if this is because of the AmE / BrE diferences? No. ) tinanam0102 The default singular values for who and what can, however, be overridden when there is a presupposition that the answer is plural Right.

— Mister Micawber

  • tinanam0102 Can you please tell me if this is because of the AmE / BrE diferences?
  • No.
  • ) tinanam0102 The default singular values for who and what can, however, be overridden when there is a presupposition that the answer is plural Right.
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tinanam0102 Can you please tell me if this is because of the AmE / BrE diferences?
No. (You often seem to fall back on that as your first line of reasoning, tinanam, but there are not so many differences as you imagine.)
tinanam0102The default singular values for who and what can, however, be overridden when there is a presupposition t
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Hi Mister Micawber,

Thanks for the answer. I learned that you say 'What's on the floor?" instead of "What are on the floor?' even though the answer is plural. So the writer's two examples:

1. Who haven't yet handed in their assignments?
2. What have pointed ears and long tails?

Can they be written as:
1. Who hasn't yet handed in their assignment(s)? (Plural
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