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In an example for today's word 'cartera', a sentence read 'mi esposa y mis hijos la tiene'. Why is the verb tener used in the singular and not in the plural?

Thank you.

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updated Jan 25, 2012
posted by padrar

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I too think it shoud be "tienen", because the subject (mi esposa y mis hijos) is plural. Perhaps it was simply a mistake?

updated Jan 25, 2012
edited by lydianish1
posted by lydianish1