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Dear teachers,

Can you tell me what form should the verb be in when time is used as subject?
eg. Thirty years( have,has) passed.

what should be uesd "have" or "has"?

Thank you ery much!

[IanT]

Thirty years have passed.

It depends on the form of the time expression.

For example "a long time" would be singular, so "a long time has passed."

But thirty years is plural.

Hope helps,
Ian
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