'has' or 'have'

'has' in both cases, I'd say.

England have lost again (surprise, surprise)
A group of teenagers have…
Manchester United are going to…
One person is ten are going to develop flu…

It happens all the time but, to be fair, the meaning of what is being said is still perfectly clear. It' just annoying for us pedants.

Is it time fpr the Pedants' Revolt?

Gransnet pedants have been revolting from the start, but I think we are voices crying in the wilderness.

Oddly enough I've heard a couple of examples just today including 'There's lots of reasons for this'.

Yes, many of us get our plurals wrong, resulting in has instead of have. We treat singular group words as if they were plural, because the meaning is plural, in a way.

Anyway, count me in to the Pedants' Revolt.

I think I quite often say things that I wouldn't write. At least, if I did write them, I'd correct them, but speech moves at a faster pace. Also, things like "there's some more over there" trip of the tongue faster than "there are...." Maybe that's the main reason for many of these mistakes — it's just easier to say it wrong. At one time things like don't and wasn't were frowned upon. Where I grew up people tended to say "did you not?" rather than "didn't you?"

Yes, I agree that it's probably a speech thing. I had it dinned into me by my father, hence my pedantry on this one . Funnily enough I always say 'did you not?' in response to someone's view but 'didn't you?' at the beginning of the sentence if I'm instigating the question.
Pedants' corner is certainly making me think!

Which Tyler was the leader of the Pedants' Revolt!

What??

Wat Tyler was the leader of the Peasants Revolt (1381). But a pedant would say it shouldn't be 'What' Tyler but 'Which' Tyler ... er, geddit?

Golden girl- did you not - is the northern form of didn't you. Much more attractive to my ears, as a northerner in exile!

And I'm a true southerner Nsube!

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