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Make corection , m girl, Ramsha khan not borther.

I am surprised how it could be

Although he is senior than any officer yet he is not promoted.
Although he is senior yet he is not promoted.

With any , other is always used. With Although, yet is used.

You can say as
Although he is senior than any other officer yet he is not promoted. gramatically yet is used. Confirm it. M dead sure about my statement althoug hm not claiming tobe perfect.

She is succeeded to win the first prize.
She succeeded to win the first prize.

You have changed sentence into past. if I wana tell some other person about her achievement on the same day , then what should we say?

@ lord Avalon,

thanks, I was thinking so.

Correction will be appreciated.
Although he is senior, he is not promoted.

Although is not followed by YET and BUT.

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Yes. Although is not followed by yet.
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Evil and sufferings has always troubled man.
Evil and sufferings have always troubled man.

We can use singular verb when two things are connected to each other.
like:
Cart and donkey is/has.....

But, Evil and Sufferings are not connected to each-other So it is better to use plural verb.

I may be wrong.

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I think 'evil and suffering' is sort of a compound word and should take a singular verb/helping verb.
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I think 'evil and suffering' is sort of a compound word and should take a singular verb/helping verb.
hmm Perhaps, But There is word SUFFERINGS. It brings perplexity.
Is Evil and sufferings compound word?
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It's all about 'and' here. 'And' is coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements/nouns to be taken together. And when two nouns are taken together they become plural. And with plural we, of course, use 'Have' and not has.
Evil and suffering have.
Evil or suffering has.
Ali and Aslam are going..
Ali or Aslam is going..
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It's all about 'and' here. 'And' is coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements/nouns to be taken together. And when two nouns are taken together they become plural. And with plural we, of course, use 'Have' and not has.
Evil and suffering have.
Evil or suffering has.
Ali and Aslam are going..
Ali or Aslam is going..
That is what I was asking about. Plural verb was to be used, indeed.
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Off courese two nouns combined by 'and' should normally take plural verb. However, when the nouns/words refer to the same person/thing, it should take a singular verb. 'evil and suffering' is usually used together as a one unit. This is why, i think it most probably should take singular verb not plural.

Refer to the following links and try to search for the combination: 'evil and suffering', you will find singular verb:

http://biologos.org/questions/problem
http://www.thatreligiousstudieswebsi...ring_intro.php
http://carm.org/why-there-evil-and-suffering-world

Again, my assumption may not be valid. But one thing is for sure that if 'evil and suffering' refers to the same thing it will take singular verb otherwise plural verb.
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Off courese two nouns combined by 'and' should normally take plural verb. However, when the nouns/words refer to the same person/thing, it should take a singular verb. 'evil and suffering' is usually used together as a one unit. This is why, i think it most probably should take singular verb not plural.

Refer to the following links and try to search for the combination: 'evil and suffering', you will find singular verb:

http://biologos.org/questions/problem
http://www.thatreligiousstudieswebsi...ring_intro.php
Why is there evil and suffering in the world? | Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry

Again, my assumption may not be valid. But one thing is for sure that if 'evil and suffering' refers to the same thing it will take singular verb otherwise plural verb.
Yes, Same I had said in very first post if EVIL and SUFFERING resemble to one thing then singular verb was needed. Matter is, if it refers to one thing or not.
There is not evil and suffering but there is S with sufferings which creates confusion.
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I've found a sentence where evil and suffering are taken not as a unit.

"....Thus all evil and human suffering are traced to that one moment in time".
Utah Local News - Salt Lake City News, Sports, Archive - The Salt Lake Tribune

So we conclude that it depends on the context. If we were to use it as a single unit, we would use singular verb and vice versa.
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