Q:

Different twist on "public" is or are?

I just read this sentence:  "Note that 'public' have also other usages:"  Since in this use of "public," we're talking about the word itself & not the group it's referring to, shouldn't the verb be "has"?
(Is "the general public" redundant?)

A:

You are quite right -- the verb must be "has". (Perhaps the writer meant to say "can have".) But "has also" is wrong too; it should be "also has".

