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Since the beginning of this century, there were many natural calamities such as cyclones, floods, earthquakes etc affecting the different parts of the globe.

A. there were many

B. there has been many

C. there have been many

D. there are many

E. there had been many
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Re: Since the beginning of this century there were many natural [#permalink] New post   23 Dec 2020, 21:45
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Since the sentence talks about an event that began in the past and continues to present, we need present perfect tense.
only option B and C fit in this criteria.
here the subject is many natural calamities, which is plural. hence we need a plural verb have.
Only option C fits in.

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According to ttp, Many, several, few and both takes plural verb. But in tests, there was one question in which "Many a person" was considered singular.

So is these four words also behaves like SANAMM pronoun, in which the verb depends on what follows, or these four are always plural?

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Re: Since the beginning of this century there were many natural [#permalink] New post   28 Dec 2020, 07:17
Many, several, few and both takes plural verb. But in tests, there was one question in which "Many a person" was considered singular.

So is these four words also behaves like SANAMM pronoun, in which the verb depends on what follows, or these four are always plural?
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Re: Since the beginning of this century there were many natural [#permalink] New post   28 Dec 2020, 07:28
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Since the sentence talks about an event that began in the past and continues to present, we need present perfect tense.
only option B and C fit in this criteria.
here the subject is many natural calamities, which is plural. hence we need a plural verb have.
Only option C fits in.

I have a doubt here. request experts reply on this.

According to ttp, Many, several, few and both takes plural verb. But in tests, there was one question in which "Many a person" was considered singular.

So is these four words also behaves like SANAMM pronoun, in which the verb depends on what follows, or these four are always plural?

A subject beginning with "several," "few," or "both" will always be plural.

However, in a way, "many" does function like a SANAMM pronoun, in that a subject in which "many" is followed by "a" + noun is always singular, while a subject in which "many" is followed by a plural noun is always plural.
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Re: Since the beginning of this century there were many natural [#permalink] New post   28 Dec 2020, 07:35
Thank you Marty. Now much clear :)
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