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Which of the following is correct?

  • There has to be rules and regulations.

  • There have to be rules and regulations.

Nathan Tuggy
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user33950
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  • This question is not an easy one to answer. Both of them are correct and I think it depends on how you see "rules and regulations". If you consider it as a single concept, you can use "has", however, if you think of it as multiple items, you should use "have". [Related, “There IS/ARE rice, meat and potatoes on my plate”](http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/68219/there-is-are-rice-meat-and-potatoes-on-my-plate). –  May 11 '16 at 08:48

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You will hear both, but technically "there have to be rules" is correct.

If you are confused when trying to make this point, you can also say "must", which sounds a bit formal but nobody can argue with it.

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