Technically, you can’t. The word have must be placed after a plural. But it is possible. To start with, in British English (BrE), collective nouns are considered as plural but it is the opposite when it comes to American English (AmE).
Q. Is Canadian as an adjective capitalized?
BizWritingTip response: A proper adjective is a word derived from a proper noun. For example, Canadian and American are proper adjectives because they are derived from the proper nouns Canada and America. Proper adjectives are always capitalized.
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Q. What is example of country?
A country is defined as a nation, the people of the nation or land in a rural area. An example of a country is the United States. An example of the country is farmlands in Iowa.
Q. Is England singular or plural?
Countries and regions and their adjectives and nouns
| Country/region | Adjective | People (plural noun) |
|---|---|---|
| Britain | British | the British |
| England | English | the English |
| France | French | the French |
| Ireland | Irish | the Irish |
Q. Is the UK plural or singular?
The UK is singular, even in British English, feel free to look up BBC, guardian etc.
Q. When should I use have or has?
Have is the root VERB and is generally used alongside the PRONOUNS I / You / We / Ye and They and PLURAL NOUNS. Generally, have is a PRESENT TENSE word. Has is used alongside the PRONOUNS He / She / It and Who and SINGULAR NOUNS.
Q. Has or have with countries?
When talking about a national sports term, rather than a country, it’s not unusual (in British English, at least), to use the plural. This is because a team is regarded as a group of people, whereas a country is not (companies also tend to use the plural; see also here). So: India have 11 players on the pitch.
Q. Which is correct the team has or the team have?
In British English, “team” is considered plural, and you would use “The team have …” In American usage “team” functions as a singular collective noun, so the proper usage would be “The team has …”
Q. Has had or had?
‘I had had my breakfast. ‘ – past perfect tense as in ‘I had eaten my breakfast. ‘ Here, the fist part of the verb phrases have/has and had are auxiliary and the second part had is the past participle form of the main verb have.
Q. Has or had grammar?
In the present perfect, the auxiliary verb is always have (for I, you, we, they) or has (for he, she, it). In the past perfect, the auxiliary verb is always had. We use have had in the present perfect when the main verb is also “have”: I’m not feeling well.
