They have vs has fled

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An Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Jul. 20 that the couple has fled Singapore.

They left Singapore by hiding in a lorry’s container compartment on Jul. 4.

Should it be “the couple have fled” since in the next paragraph is the clause “They left Singapore”?

Thanks.

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Hi Kohyoongliat,

In my opinion it should be ‘the couple has fled the country’, because they both wanted to do it, actually do the dame. If my explanation isn’t clear, I’ll make it clear:

  • The orchestra is playing ‘Romance Of The Gadfly’ ( they all do the same).
  • The orchestra are tuning their instruments (so they all do something different).

By the way ‘Romance Of The Gadfly’ is a musical composition by Dmitri Shostakovitch and very beautiful it is indeed.

Hope this helps.

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Did you like ‘Romance Of The Gadfly’? I really do, like Monsy would, I’m talking about Montserrat Cabballé. She once said she liked every musical genre, because it reflected every musician’s feelings, emotions… I can’t agree with her her more. So, the following is an extra, I hope you’ll like it:

I think it’s clear that she enormously liked Freddy Mercury, like I do. She even did a song with a Belgian singer, Helmut Lotti, ‘Had To Be’, here you go.

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The Immigration and Control Authority (ICA) said on 20 July that the couple had fled Singapore.

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Freddy Mercury wearing a blue tuxedo?
He usually appears on stage without a shirt!

He’s obviously going for the larger than life operatic style as he did for Bohemian Rhapsody.
“Larger than life is just the right size.”
—-- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

I love that the conductor(who is not famed astrophysicist Dr. Brian May) uses a light stick and that they choreographed the audience. And that Freddy is totally over the top.

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