Ahoy, people, I need your GRAMMAR help (English is my fourth language, you see). So please be as [grammar] Nazi as you can, I really need that 😆
At the link from today's post, https://x22report.com/omnipresident-part-3/ I see “elections until now has been” but I'd write “have been”. What I've learned, is “singular 3rd person > has, all others/plural > have”. What am I missing? Some exception, or developing and changing tradition?
Countries/national states mentioned are often referred to as 'she' but the verb goes plural -- I take it they are either 'it' as inanimate themselves or 'they' as all-the-people-they-enclose. Some 'motherland' connection, …?
I sometimes see sentences where 'be' is missing to my eye. (Sorry, can not find an example among latest posts right now). Again: as a rule of thumb, words and expressions shorten with time: syllables in words and words without which thought remains understandable, just drop off. Am I observing this process, or just unkempt postings?
3rd person singular is has...he, she, it has...everything else is have. Don't know if this is an exception...it is just the way it is. Words that indicate many people uses singular despite indicating more than one or plurality...such as club, state, nation, ... so I don't think she would ever have a plural verb. Good luck on your English...I hear it is a hard language...too many exceptions to the rules perhaps.