Tense of the verbPossibility of using either verb tense and convey the same meaning“When he went out he left the radio on so that his parents shall think that he was still in the house”“is thought to have been” verb tenseUse of Present simple tense (You stroll in…)Correct Verb TenseWhy is the past tense used here instead of the present tense?could past perfect tense and present perfect tense coexist in a compound sentence. Please do not mark as duplicate if you have not read the questionUsage of “would” in future tenseWhat verb tense to use in the provided context?Tense after “you'd think…”
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Tense of the verb
Possibility of using either verb tense and convey the same meaning“When he went out he left the radio on so that his parents shall think that he was still in the house”“is thought to have been” verb tenseUse of Present simple tense (You stroll in…)Correct Verb TenseWhy is the past tense used here instead of the present tense?could past perfect tense and present perfect tense coexist in a compound sentence. Please do not mark as duplicate if you have not read the questionUsage of “would” in future tenseWhat verb tense to use in the provided context?Tense after “you'd think…”
The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall.
In the above sentence why do we use "have reached" instead of "has reached". I used to think that "boss with his colleagues " can be taken as singular?
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The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall.
In the above sentence why do we use "have reached" instead of "has reached". I used to think that "boss with his colleagues " can be taken as singular?
tenses
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Roy Roy
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TBH I'd use either 'The boss and his colleagues have reached the hall' or 'The boss has reached the hall with his colleagues'. 'The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall' sounds pretty awkward, it feels as though something's wrong with the word order
– crizzis
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The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall.
In the above sentence why do we use "have reached" instead of "has reached". I used to think that "boss with his colleagues " can be taken as singular?
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asked 3 hours ago
Roy Roy
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The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall.
In the above sentence why do we use "have reached" instead of "has reached". I used to think that "boss with his colleagues " can be taken as singular?
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TBH I'd use either 'The boss and his colleagues have reached the hall' or 'The boss has reached the hall with his colleagues'. 'The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall' sounds pretty awkward, it feels as though something's wrong with the word order
– crizzis
2 hours ago
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TBH I'd use either 'The boss and his colleagues have reached the hall' or 'The boss has reached the hall with his colleagues'. 'The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall' sounds pretty awkward, it feels as though something's wrong with the word order
– crizzis
2 hours ago
TBH I'd use either 'The boss and his colleagues have reached the hall' or 'The boss has reached the hall with his colleagues'. 'The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall' sounds pretty awkward, it feels as though something's wrong with the word order
– crizzis
2 hours ago
TBH I'd use either 'The boss and his colleagues have reached the hall' or 'The boss has reached the hall with his colleagues'. 'The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall' sounds pretty awkward, it feels as though something's wrong with the word order
– crizzis
2 hours ago
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With is a preposition.
It has some meanings including
"a function word to indicate combination, accompaniment, presence, or addition".
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with)
It means "more than one".
So we should use the plural verb form here.
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That doesn’t seem right to me. If it were ‘The boss and his colleagues’ then yes, ‘have’ is correct. But the object of your sentence is just the boss, so ‘has’ is correct. Think of it this way: you could rearrange the sentence into ‘The boss has reached the hall, with his colleagues’.
So ‘The boss, with his colleagues, has reached the hall’, is surely correct.
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With is a preposition.
It has some meanings including
"a function word to indicate combination, accompaniment, presence, or addition".
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with)
It means "more than one".
So we should use the plural verb form here.
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With is a preposition.
It has some meanings including
"a function word to indicate combination, accompaniment, presence, or addition".
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with)
It means "more than one".
So we should use the plural verb form here.
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With is a preposition.
It has some meanings including
"a function word to indicate combination, accompaniment, presence, or addition".
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with)
It means "more than one".
So we should use the plural verb form here.
answered 2 hours ago
user307254user307254
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With is a preposition.
It has some meanings including
"a function word to indicate combination, accompaniment, presence, or addition".
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with)
It means "more than one".
So we should use the plural verb form here.
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That doesn’t seem right to me. If it were ‘The boss and his colleagues’ then yes, ‘have’ is correct. But the object of your sentence is just the boss, so ‘has’ is correct. Think of it this way: you could rearrange the sentence into ‘The boss has reached the hall, with his colleagues’.
So ‘The boss, with his colleagues, has reached the hall’, is surely correct.
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That doesn’t seem right to me. If it were ‘The boss and his colleagues’ then yes, ‘have’ is correct. But the object of your sentence is just the boss, so ‘has’ is correct. Think of it this way: you could rearrange the sentence into ‘The boss has reached the hall, with his colleagues’.
So ‘The boss, with his colleagues, has reached the hall’, is surely correct.
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That doesn’t seem right to me. If it were ‘The boss and his colleagues’ then yes, ‘have’ is correct. But the object of your sentence is just the boss, so ‘has’ is correct. Think of it this way: you could rearrange the sentence into ‘The boss has reached the hall, with his colleagues’.
So ‘The boss, with his colleagues, has reached the hall’, is surely correct.
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That doesn’t seem right to me. If it were ‘The boss and his colleagues’ then yes, ‘have’ is correct. But the object of your sentence is just the boss, so ‘has’ is correct. Think of it this way: you could rearrange the sentence into ‘The boss has reached the hall, with his colleagues’.
So ‘The boss, with his colleagues, has reached the hall’, is surely correct.
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TBH I'd use either 'The boss and his colleagues have reached the hall' or 'The boss has reached the hall with his colleagues'. 'The boss with his colleagues have reached the hall' sounds pretty awkward, it feels as though something's wrong with the word order
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