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Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s Updated on: 12 Apr 2020, 10:48
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Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

A) Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

B) Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

C) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

D) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 confirming on Sunday.

E) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 confirmed on Sunday.
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Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

A) Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

B) Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

C) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

D) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 confirming on Sunday.

E) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 confirmed on Sunday.
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Rashed12, There is no difference in Option A and B.
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Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

A) Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

B) Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

C) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 was confirmed on Sunday.

D) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 confirming on Sunday.

E) Chelsea have described Peter Bonetti one of the club’s “greatest-ever players” after the former goalkeeper’s death at the age of 78 confirmed on Sunday.

Rashed12, There is no difference in Option A and B.
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Thanks to help me to find out my mistake.
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How can we distinguish between "has" and "have" in this example? I mean, for me Chelsea(a football club) in this example is clearly singular, since there is no marker which could suggest us to use has.

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Could anyone please explain the nuance between "have" and "has" here?
Particularly in these kinds of usages.
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What is the course of this question and what is the official explanation?
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How come B is incorrect??
Chelsea is a club therefore it has to be singular, experts please help.
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How can we distinguish between "has" and "have" in this example? I mean, for me Chelsea(a football club) in this example is clearly singular, since there is no marker which could suggest us to use has.

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Could anyone please explain the nuance between "have" and "has" here?
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Hello, everyone, particularly ArnoldPushkin and kaustav04 above, who ask a fair question. This one comes down to a difference between British English and American English in their treatment of collective nouns. See, for instance, this article, particularly the section, "Verb agreement with collective nouns." As a fan of the Premier League, I can attest to the pluralization by commentators of a team name, as in, Chelsea are.... The convention is to think of Chelsea as a team composed of individual members. However, the same sentence on the other side of the pond would agree the singular subject Chelsea with the verb is, in reference to the team itself, rather than the members.

This is a fun question, even if it would not appear on the GMAT™.

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"Have" will be used here instead of "Has" as we are talking about every single player of the Team who has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s “the greatest-ever players”.
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How can we assume that Chelsea is club or person ? Ultimately it is a name which an be treated as singular and thus "has " is correct to use. Am I correct ?
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use of as after describe is wrong
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I dont think the GMAT tests questions that test the knowledge of football clubs
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Chelsea has described Peter Bonetti as one of the club’s 17 Nov 2021, 11:23
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It is neither a difficult question nor a probable one.

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Here, Chelsea refers to the players of Chelsea, not to the team itself.
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IMHO

1) {one of the greatest-ever players} or {one of greatest-player} - only difference here is "the" article. As far as I know, in superlative comparison "the" article must be presented. e.g.: the best, the fastest, the greatest, the slowest etc.

2) groups and teams have to be in singular noun. Chelsea has ...
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