[Grammar] Have or Has for hair?

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Hanem

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When we use ''hair'' do we say have or has? Or can both have/has be used depending on how it is used in the sentence? Please include some examples too. Thanks! :)
 

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When we use ''hair'' do we say "have" or "has"? Or can both "have/has" be used depending on how it is used in the sentence? Please include some examples too. Thanks! :)
One single strand of hair is 'a hair', and is followed by a singular verb form. The growth on top of our head is 'hair', uncountable, and is also followed by a singular verb form.
 

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When we use ''hair'' do we say have or has? Or can both have/has be used depending on how it is used in the sentence? Please include some examples too. Thanks! :)
I, we, they have hair.
He, she, it has hair.
 

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One single strand of hair is 'a hair', and is followed by a singular verb form. The growth on top of our head is 'hair', uncountable, and is also followed by a singular verb form.

Additionally, 'The two hairs on Homer Simpson's head have always amused me'.

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