[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have should be used when the subject is plural.
Has when the subject is singular.
..so .. a number is singular ( even though it is a number of
things .. "a number" is identifying a singular group )
this is from my wife .. who is a language teacher .. although she
doesnt teach English :P
Alan wrote:
Bob Miller wrote:
This list has some language lawyers. Here's a question about the
English language.
Which of these is grammatically correct?
"There have been a number of things."
or
"There has been a number of things."
Google reports that the former is the more common usage:
Results 1 - 10 of about 722 for "There have been a number of things".
Results 1 - 10 of about 188 for "There has been a number of things".
Myself, I'd use "There were a number of things".
(Which is also far more popular on Google)
-ajb
All
I applaud ajb's point - there are expressions of the same thought that
are more pleasing to the ear.
Regards
Fred James
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