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Which one will be appropriate in this sentence? has or have?
"Thirst for learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my
creativity and endeavor 'has/ have' always been a passion to me."
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"Thirst for learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
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Which one will be appropriate in this sentence? has or have?
"Thirst for learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my
creativity and endeavor 'has/ have' always been a passion to me."
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
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Nov 27 at 10:16
The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
– user307254
Nov 27 at 10:16
The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
The words after the subject constitute the attribute of the subject. They do not influence the choice of the predicate form.
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The subject of the sentence could be considered as ambiguous—except that in a second interpretation, another element would need to be rephrased in order to make it grammatical, so it's probably not what you had meant.
The sentence should really start with the, use the plural endeavors, and end with of mine rather than to me, so I will make that change in my examples.
Interpretation 1
The thirst for (learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) has always been a passion of mine.
Here, there is a single subject: the thirst for learning new things and putting them to full use.
- This is the most likely interpretation and probably what you had meant.
Interpretation 2
(The thirst for learning new things) and (putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) have always been
a passionpassions of mine.
Here there are there are two subjects: (1) a thirst for something and (2) the activity of putting them to full use.
This interpretation requires additional changes and, while understandable, is also phrased awkwardly.
If the use of a passion is providing guidance, it suggests that
this is not the correct interpretation, pointing instead to the first
interpretation with the singular subject.
Note that it's a little strange to say that a thirst for something is a passion. Normally we would talk only about a thirst for something or a passion.
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
The words after the subject constitute the attribute of the subject. They do not influence the choice of the predicate form.
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
The words after the subject constitute the attribute of the subject. They do not influence the choice of the predicate form.
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
The words after the subject constitute the attribute of the subject. They do not influence the choice of the predicate form.
answered Nov 27 at 10:41
user307254
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
The words after the subject constitute the attribute of the subject. They do not influence the choice of the predicate form.
answered Nov 27 at 10:41
user307254
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answered Nov 27 at 10:41
user307254
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answered Nov 27 at 10:41
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answered Nov 27 at 10:41
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The subject of the sentence could be considered as ambiguous—except that in a second interpretation, another element would need to be rephrased in order to make it grammatical, so it's probably not what you had meant.
The sentence should really start with the, use the plural endeavors, and end with of mine rather than to me, so I will make that change in my examples.
Interpretation 1
The thirst for (learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) has always been a passion of mine.
Here, there is a single subject: the thirst for learning new things and putting them to full use.
- This is the most likely interpretation and probably what you had meant.
Interpretation 2
(The thirst for learning new things) and (putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) have always been
a passionpassions of mine.
Here there are there are two subjects: (1) a thirst for something and (2) the activity of putting them to full use.
This interpretation requires additional changes and, while understandable, is also phrased awkwardly.
If the use of a passion is providing guidance, it suggests that
this is not the correct interpretation, pointing instead to the first
interpretation with the singular subject.
Note that it's a little strange to say that a thirst for something is a passion. Normally we would talk only about a thirst for something or a passion.
answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
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The subject of the sentence could be considered as ambiguous—except that in a second interpretation, another element would need to be rephrased in order to make it grammatical, so it's probably not what you had meant.
The sentence should really start with the, use the plural endeavors, and end with of mine rather than to me, so I will make that change in my examples.
Interpretation 1
The thirst for (learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) has always been a passion of mine.
Here, there is a single subject: the thirst for learning new things and putting them to full use.
- This is the most likely interpretation and probably what you had meant.
Interpretation 2
(The thirst for learning new things) and (putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) have always been
a passionpassions of mine.
Here there are there are two subjects: (1) a thirst for something and (2) the activity of putting them to full use.
This interpretation requires additional changes and, while understandable, is also phrased awkwardly.
If the use of a passion is providing guidance, it suggests that
this is not the correct interpretation, pointing instead to the first
interpretation with the singular subject.
Note that it's a little strange to say that a thirst for something is a passion. Normally we would talk only about a thirst for something or a passion.
answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
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The subject of the sentence could be considered as ambiguous—except that in a second interpretation, another element would need to be rephrased in order to make it grammatical, so it's probably not what you had meant.
The sentence should really start with the, use the plural endeavors, and end with of mine rather than to me, so I will make that change in my examples.
Interpretation 1
The thirst for (learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) has always been a passion of mine.
Here, there is a single subject: the thirst for learning new things and putting them to full use.
- This is the most likely interpretation and probably what you had meant.
Interpretation 2
(The thirst for learning new things) and (putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) have always been
a passionpassions of mine.
Here there are there are two subjects: (1) a thirst for something and (2) the activity of putting them to full use.
This interpretation requires additional changes and, while understandable, is also phrased awkwardly.
If the use of a passion is providing guidance, it suggests that
this is not the correct interpretation, pointing instead to the first
interpretation with the singular subject.
Note that it's a little strange to say that a thirst for something is a passion. Normally we would talk only about a thirst for something or a passion.
answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
15k31941
The subject of the sentence could be considered as ambiguous—except that in a second interpretation, another element would need to be rephrased in order to make it grammatical, so it's probably not what you had meant.
The sentence should really start with the, use the plural endeavors, and end with of mine rather than to me, so I will make that change in my examples.
Interpretation 1
The thirst for (learning new things and putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) has always been a passion of mine.
Here, there is a single subject: the thirst for learning new things and putting them to full use.
- This is the most likely interpretation and probably what you had meant.
Interpretation 2
(The thirst for learning new things) and (putting them to full utilization with the help of my creativity and endeavors) have always been
a passionpassions of mine.
Here there are there are two subjects: (1) a thirst for something and (2) the activity of putting them to full use.
This interpretation requires additional changes and, while understandable, is also phrased awkwardly.
If the use of a passion is providing guidance, it suggests that
this is not the correct interpretation, pointing instead to the first
interpretation with the singular subject.
Note that it's a little strange to say that a thirst for something is a passion. Normally we would talk only about a thirst for something or a passion.
answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
15k31941
answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
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answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
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answered Nov 27 at 15:28
Jason Bassford
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The subject of the sentence is 'thirst' , which is uncountable. Uncount nouns require the singular verb form /is or has/. So 'has' is the only possible form.
– user307254
Nov 27 at 10:16