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Rule "a fleet of ships have (has)"

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Description:	a fleet of ships have (has)
Message:	Possible agreement error
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	A colony of rats were subsequently found in a landfill near Medicine Hat in 2012. Correction suggestion: was
Correct sentences for comparison:	What sort of dreams have you been having? What sort of dreams were you having? Feminism and the role of women were also recurring themes throughout the show, with some critics seeing each of the major female characters portraying an aspect as a flawed feminist in her own way. Historically, mathematicians who favored a "rich" and "large" universe of sets were against CH, while those favoring a "neat" and "controllable" universe favored CH.
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ID:	COLLECTIVE_NOUN_VERB_AGREEMENT_VBD [2]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)

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