"any of you who..."

Members help members on grammar, vocab, pronunciation...

Moderator: EC

Post Reply
Brahman
Rising Star
Rising Star
Posts: 243
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:04 am
Location: Singapore

"any of you who..."

Post by Brahman »

If I change "have" to "has" to agree with "any of you", could I change "...your hands" to "...your hand."?

"I will now ask any of you who have information to give, or if you left the place at any time last night between the hours of seven o'clock and seven o'clock this morning, to hold up your hands."
Paulj
Member
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri May 18, 2012 7:27 am
Status: Learner of English

Re: "any of you who..."

Post by Paulj »

"have" will work fine. First you have to understand how has, have and had works. So here is the details.
had is past tense: That bird had a yellow feather
has is possessive: That bird has a yellow feather
have is present: I have a yellow feather
basille
Member
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 2:40 am
Status: Learner of English

Re: "any of you who..."

Post by basille »

Paulj wrote:"have" will work fine. First you have to understand how has, have and had works. So here is the details.
had is past tense: That bird had a yellow feather
has is possessive: That bird has a yellow feather
have is present: I have a yellow feather
What about using have had altogether like, "The birds have had yellow feathers but it is now brown."?
Is that a correct usage?
User avatar
tomnew
Member
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:42 am
Status: Other

Re: "any of you who..."

Post by tomnew »

basille wrote:What about using have had altogether like, "The birds have had yellow feathers but it is now brown."?
Is that a correct usage?
No, because have is present tense while had is past tense. So the sentence should be "The birds had yellow feathers before but now it is brown."
Post Reply