[Grammar] has/have after either ... or ...

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milan2003_07

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Hello,

Either the members of the government or the president has/have to introduce this law and submit it for consideration

Usually we use a singular form of a verb after the construction "either ... or ...", but here "members" is in the plural. So what would you choose?

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Rover_KE

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The use of 'members' means that you need to use 'have'.

Without that, it's 'Either the government or the president has to introduce. . . .'

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