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“It is one of the worst things that have/has faced our world.“

Would “have” or “had” be correct?

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    Things have faced our world, but it has faced our world. So, tell us first which word or idea you want the pronoun "that" to reference.
    – Gary Botnovcan
    Commented May 29, 2018 at 23:13
  • Shouldn't it be "that the world has faced"? The world faces a threat, the threat doesn't face the world.
    – DoneWithThis.
    Commented May 30, 2018 at 7:50
  • One of the worst things we have faced in our world. People face things, things do not.
    – Lambie
    Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 19:09

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The verb has to agree with the subject of the sentence, which is "it." So the correct answer is actually:

It is one of the worst things that has faced our world.

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one of the worst things represents One among multiple things which has to be singular so when talk about singular thing verb must agree with the subject i.e. Subject(singular)+Helping Verb (Singular)+ Object so correct answer will be

“It is one of the worst things(Singular) that has(Singular) faced our world.“

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