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mike470
I've seen different writing styles of how people use have/has, especially when using a group of people as the subject of the sentence.

For example:

Jagex have a lot of money.
Jagex has a lot of money.

The company have lost stocks.
The company has lost.

Now, personally, I have always used to 'has' option. I consider Jagex as a group of people, thus making them one, and I've always considered this proper grammar.

What is your stance on this?
Pliigi
QUOTE (mike470 @ Apr 29 2009, 02:42 PM) *
I've seen different writing styles of how people use have/has, especially when using a group of people as the subject of the sentence.

For example:

Jagex have a lot of money.
Jagex has a lot of money.

The company have lost stocks.
The company has lost.

Now, personally, I have always used to 'has' option. I consider Jagex as a group of people, thus making them one, and I've always considered this proper grammar.

What is your stance on this?


Yeah, I would tend to agree with you. Jagex is a company with lots of employees so it should be has.
Man
Have- I, you, they, we, more than 1 person. I use "have" when referring to me a 2nd person or more than 1 person.

Has- he, she, a person's name. I usually use "has" when referring to a third person.

Dirk
Singular word = has, Plural word = have

Jagex is one company, so "has" would be the proper word.
Ren
If you are talking about Jagex as a single entity you say 'has'. If you are talking about Jagex as a collection of employees then you say 'have'.
Max
QUOTE (Ren @ Apr 29 2009, 05:23 PM) *
If you are talking about Jagex as a single entity you say 'has'. If you are talking about Jagex as a collection of employees then you say 'have'.


Ren, do you teach English part time? That's what my one English teacher would have said. I remember that lesson too in English class.
Asfastasdark
It's funny how I thought about posting this topic a few weeks ago. tongue.gif I usually use "has" for Jagex, but sometimes I say "they have..." when talking about the employees.
Pliigi Pixel
Yeah, I would tend to agree with you. Jagex is a company with lots of employees so it should be has.
Shufflestorm
QUOTE (Pliigi Pixel @ May 17 2009, 04:12 PM) *
Yeah, I would tend to agree with you. Jagex is a company with lots of employees so it should be has.


If you say Jagex has lots of employees, then it's grammatically correct if you use have and not has.
Pliigi Pixel
QUOTE (ShuffleStorm @ May 18 2009, 11:00 AM) *
QUOTE (Pliigi Pixel @ May 17 2009, 04:12 PM) *
Yeah, I would tend to agree with you. Jagex is a company with lots of employees so it should be has.


If you say Jagex has lots of employees, then it's grammatically correct if you use have and not has.

oops bad on my part blush.gif
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