a number of children has gone to school or have gone to school

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Please help, in this sentence is "a number" an attribute or the subject of the sentence?

Check this out: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5378/a-number-of-questions-has-been-or-have-been-asked — Aishwarya A R, Jun 15 '15 at 12:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '15 at 14:57

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has. The subject of the sentence is number, in this case a collective and therefore singular noun. We know this because the preposition "of" precedes "children", making "children" the object of a preposition and therefore not the subject.

answered Jun 15 '15 at 14:57

Tim Mears

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This is incorrect. See the linked question in the comments. – Dusty Jun 15 '15 at 15:11

a number of children has gone to school or have gone to school

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