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Clarity on this

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suyash.jhawar
 Post subject: Clarity on this
 Post Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:34 am 
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The House of Representatives have been meeting for three days straight tomorrow.
(A) No error
(B) Error Correct Verb: ____________________________
I was confused whether to use has/have?The subject is singular or plural?
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gokul_nair1984
 Post subject: Re: Clarity on this
 Post Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:32 am 
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The house (of representatives/of Lords) is a collective noun.This is similar to United States, Congress et al..
Hence, this should follow a singular verb.

The House of Representatives HAS been...

Another example:
The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeaching, while the United States Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments.
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guptanisheet
 Post subject: Re: Clarity on this
 Post Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:14 pm 
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try doing away with 'a warm-up' or 'unrequired clutter' (as far as looking for S-V Agreement is concerned!!)
like in this example it is 'of representatives' and then see what's the subject: 'The house'

this might help!
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tim
 Post subject: Re: Clarity on this
 Post Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:54 am 
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thanks, guptanisheet..

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