English, asked by hancyboychandan, 1 year ago

One of the students.......failed the exam(have,has,is,are)


Verla: has
viveksinghrajput: has i think
manishajha93: is
viveksinghrajput: no is nahi hoga there is the is sentence
manishajha93: ok
viveksinghrajput: in the sentence

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Answered by gracy92
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 \huge \mathfrak{have}

one of the students \bold{have} failed the exam


viveksinghrajput: i think has bhi ho sakta h if im not wrong
Verla: the answer is 'has' because the sentence says one of the students.... Here we are specifying that one of them has failed, which is singular
viveksinghrajput: ya you are right @ verla
Verla: =)
hancyboychandan: Thanks bro
viveksinghrajput: thank you
viveksinghrajput: yr welcome
gracy92: its students means 1 out of many students is failing so answer is have not has
Verla: nope
Verla: 1 out of many, so it is have !!! because you are specifying on a single person, so it's singular !
Answered by Anonymous
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One of the students has failed the exam.

The word 'has' is present perfect tense.

  • Although 'students' here is plural, the subject is singular.
  • Thus, 'has' is the correct word here.

In these cases, we should be careful and identify the subject.

  • If the subject is singular, 'has' should be used irrespective of the plural words after that.

It may appear to be confusing at times. Also, when we are referring to a group or collective noun like a gang of robbers, a school of fish, etc, we should use 'has'. This is because though the number is plural, the subject is the group or the collective noun, which is singular.

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