Which is the correct sentence:
Have any of you faxed the document?
or
Has any of you faxed the document?
Any of you
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Re: Any of you
DanielMa wrote:Which is the correct sentence:
Have any of you faxed the document?
or
Has any of you faxed the document?
Первый правильный грамматически, но я часто слышу тут второй.
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В Английском языке существует категория существительных с формой образования множественного числа называемой "Discretionary plurals"
Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural
По данным базы данных Гугла, "are any of you" используется в 20 раз чаще чем "is any of you"
A number of words like army, company, crowd, fleet, government, majority, mess, number, pack, and party may refer either to a single entity or the members of the set that compose it. Thus, as H. W. Fowler describes, in British English they are "treated as singular or plural at discretion"; Fowler notes noted that occasionally a "delicate distinction" is made possible by discretionary plurals: "The Cabinet is divided is better, because in the order of thought a whole must precede division; and The Cabinet are agreed is better, because it takes two or more to agree."[2] Also in British English, names of towns and countries take plural verbs when they refer to sports teams but singular verbs when they refer to the actual place: England are playing Germany tonight refers to a football game, but England is the most populous country of the United Kingdom refers to the country. In North American English, such words are invariably treated as singular.
Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural
По данным базы данных Гугла, "are any of you" используется в 20 раз чаще чем "is any of you"