... for all the hard work and dedication that has/have gone into this project.

[Dogsproll]

Is it ok to say: I am indebted to the team for all the hard work and dedication that has gone into this project?
Or must I use ‘have’?
Thanks.

 

[tedmc]

Since there are two things/nouns, I would use "have" even though they are abstract entities.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is it ok OK/okay to say no colon here "I am indebted to the team for all the hard work and dedication that has gone into this project" or must I use "have gone?

Note my corrections above. You can write "OK" or "Okay" at the start of a sentence and "OK" or "okay" elsewhere in a sentence, but "ok" is always incorrect.

Whenever you ask us "Should I say A or B?", write just one sentence with the two possibilities on either side of the "or".

What do you think the correct word is? Do the words "hard work and dedication" create a singular or a plural?

 

[Dogsproll]

You ask above “what do you think the correct word is?” I meant “hard work and dedication” as a single idea or concept, which is the reason I used “has” (single verb), but I am not sure others will see that and so my use of the singular may be regarded as an error.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's true that we can use a singular if we think of two items as really one thing. Like saying "bacon and eggs is my favorite breakfast."

I don't think this applies to "hard work and dedication." That's two things. Use the plural verb.

 

[jutfrank]

I think it's easy to think of hard work and dedication as one thing, and therefore if you used 'has', nobody would notice and it would sound perfectly fine.

 

[5jj]

This could be another BrE/AmE difference.

 

[Dogsproll]

I think it's easy to think of hard work and dedication as one thing, and therefore if you used 'has', nobody would notice and it would sound perfectly fine.

Thank you, as I think it is too late to change it.

 

[Dogsproll]

This could be another BrE/AmE difference.

Yes, thank you.