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Old 12-Jun-2008, 09:58
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Default Question concerning a sentence (urgent)!

Hello everybody,

I have a question concerning a sentence. I'm a little bit confused about the following sentence.

In my schoolbook it says:
If payment has already been made please disregard this letter.

My English teacher corrected this sentence in my letter:

If payment have already been made please disregard this letter.

Which one is correct?

Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hello everybody,

I have a question concerning a sentence. I'm a little bit confused about the following sentence.

In my schoolbook it says:
If payment has already been made please disregard this letter.

My English teacher corrected this sentence in my letter:

If payment have already been made please disregard this letter.

Which one is correct?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Payment has been made .correct.
Regards,
rj1948.
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Old 12-Jun-2008, 10:46
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Default Re: Question concerning a sentence (urgent)!

rj is correct.

Ask your English teacher, in all innocence and naivete, why should it be plural, not singular? Hopefully, he/she will confess to a moment of aberration (like I sometimes have answering posts at ungodly hours of the morning).
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