ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Has or Have

Clive — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:08:38 GMT

Hi,
Reutersâs latest article, âMelamine use ârampantâ in China agriculture, feed businessâ, indicated (that) ~~regarding to~~ made-in-China milk products contaminated with the toxic industrial chemical melamine have caused the deaths of at least four babies in China, and (that) more than 54,000 have been sickened.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Has or Have

Grammar Geek — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:30:17 GMT

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Reutersâs latest article, âMelamine use ârampantâ in China agriculture, feed businessâ indicated regarding to Made-in-China milk products contaminated with the toxic industrial chemical melamine have caused the deaths of at least four babies in China and more than 54,000 have been sickened. According to Sun Erwu, the centre provider of milk powder scandal ~~have or~~ has? been questioned over...
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What's a "centre provider"?

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:06:16 GMT

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Reutersâs latest article, âMelamine use ârampantâ in China agriculture, feed businessâ indicated regarding to Made-in-China milk products contaminated with the toxic industrial chemical melamine have caused the deaths of at least four babies in China and more than 54,000 have been sickened. Â According to Sun Erwu, the centre provider of milk powder scandal have or has? been questioned over...Â

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Re: Has or Have

Clive — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:29:31 GMT

Hi Howie,

How about this. Really has me stumped on my resume:

(My) Intensive exposure to the many facets and specific needs of the high-end NY advertising market ~~have~~/has given me the opportunity to develop specialized skills and disciplines to complement my artistic capabilities in realizing clients' visions, ...

Clive

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:10:41 GMT

Clive:

How about this. Really has me stumped on my resume:

(My) Â Intensive exposure to the many facets and specific needs of the high-end NY advertising market have/has developed specialized skills and disciplines toÂ complement my artistic capabilities in realizing clients visions, ...

Thanks,

Howie

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:04:22 GMT

has is being used with-

He/she/it

and have is being used with-

They/I/we

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:59:50 GMT

Very appreciate your quick response on this.

Have a nice day.

Wei

Re: Has or Have

Clive — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:38:25 GMT

Hi,
how about
All ~~personal~~ personnel have~~/has~~ to submit the forms.

as for everyone? shall use ~~have or~~ has?

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:17:04 GMT

how about
All personal have/has to submit the forms.

as for everyone? shall use have or has?

Thanks a lot

Re: Has or Have

Yankee — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:54:54 GMT

I would not use a plural noun when referring to a country:

"China has the world's largest population."

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:53:04 GMT

Greetings from Portugal,

I'm having a doubt with the use of "Have" and "Has".

when we're referring to a country, which should we use??

example: "China has/have the world's largest population"

thank you very much in advance

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:07:00 GMT

I don't know any educated American who would say "the police has." It should always be "the police have."

Re: Has or Have

Grammar Geek — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:33:03 GMT

Just a note: While "staff" may be singular to you, and it usually is to me, it's one of those nouns that can take a plural if you are thinking about the staff as a collection of individuals.

Re: Has or Have

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:46:28 GMT

What about the sentenses using "and" or "or", such as:

If you or your staff (have or has) any questions, then please contact me.

then which do you use?

The answer is "has"- because the subject is singular. It refers only to either "you" or "your staff".
Now, if your subject is " you and your staff" instead of "you or your staff", the correct verb to use is "have".

ex:

If you or your staff ( has) any questions, then please contact me.

If you and your staff (have ) any questions, then please contact me.

Re: Has or Have

Clive — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:15:19 GMT

Hi,
'Has'.
'Sam' is singular.
Clive