Hello! I'm an EFL teacher and recently one of my students asked me the following question:
"Why does the verb IS changes to HAS in this sentences:
Much of the health improvement vegans and raw foodists experience IS more to do with food education than going meet free.
Much of the health improvement vegans and raw foodists experience HAS more to do with food education rather than going meet free."
I tried to explain that it's more about the meaning than the words itself and it has to do with the expression RATHER THAN but he wasn't convinced... How can I explain this change in a better way?
Thanks for helping!
From IS to HAS
Moderator: Alan
-
- Member
- Posts: 10
- Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2019 1:19 am
- Status: Teacher of English
- Alan
- Teacher/Moderator
- Posts: 15193
- Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:56 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: Japan
Re: From IS to HAS
Quite simply, 'have to do with' and 'be to do with' both exist and have the same meaning. The former is probably the more commonly used of the two.