have already arrived vs has already arrived

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts based on the subject of the sentence. 'Have already arrived' is used with plural subjects like 'they' or 'we,' while 'has already arrived' is used with singular subjects like 'he,' 'she,' or 'it.'

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have already arrived

This phrase is correct when used with plural subjects like 'they' or 'we.'

Use 'have already arrived' when the subject of the sentence is plural, such as 'they' or 'we.'

Examples:

They have already arrived at the party.
We have already arrived at the airport.

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The Kumari and her entourage have already arrived.
Daddy and Mummy have already arrived.
GN Fashion's people have already arrived.
Up to now, one thousand people have already arrived this year, and we are still at the beginning of summer.
Sir, according to our sources, the Kazakhstani have already arrived.
In fact, several members of your party have already arrived.
The other guests have already arrived and are in the dining room.
Quickly, the Russians have already arrived!
Tens of thousands of fortune seekers, some of whom are hardened criminals or even terrorists, have already arrived in Lampedusa and there are hundreds of thousands who are on the verge of following suit.
Now, if it were up to me, I would say just get the Sagittarons settled and then deal with the civvies that have already arrived.
I think our first guests have already arrived.
Teams of experts and other materials have already arrived in the United States.
We have already arrived to the most difficult place, he/she knows that the machines would be in the city in hours.
Odd, isn't it? We should have already arrived.
In the past two months following the political crisis, 22000 people have already arrived.
Fortunately, thanks to the mobilisation of animal rights organisations and health authority inspections, the multinational company which owns the laboratory has successfully been prevented from carrying out these scientific practices, and the monkeys that have already arrived are to be shipped back to China.
If they have already arrived, can the Commission specify which DGs they have been seconded to?
Some of these observers - I want to state this here - are now on their way to Pakistan, or have already arrived there, where the next difficult election is pending.
We are in favour of the long-term goal of a strategic partnership, but not of the naïve assumption that we have already arrived at this goal.
Commissioner, I would like to know why you are presenting us with a report on the implementation of the Packaging Regulations, because we all know well enough that the revised Packaging Regulations have already arrived.

Alternatives:

have already come
have already made it
have already reached
have already gotten there
have already got in

has already arrived

This phrase is correct when used with singular subjects like 'he,' 'she,' or 'it.'

Use 'has already arrived' when the subject of the sentence is singular, such as 'he,' 'she,' or 'it.'

Examples:

He has already arrived at the meeting.
She has already arrived at the restaurant.

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I'm sorry to interrupt, but your fourth, a Ms. Collins, has already arrived.
She believes it has already arrived?
I do not know if my friend has already arrived.
Excuse me, Mr. Baxter. I thought you'd like to know your guest has already arrived.
Do we know if my mother has already arrived?
The person that I was expecting has already arrived and I am looking at him right now.
Should the ship has already arrived.
Unless of course that day has already arrived, the human genome project has discovered that tiny variations in man's genetic code are taking place at increasingly rapid rates.
This is a perennial problem, but I actually think that the solution has already arrived.
And growth remains weak, because the recovery is a long time coming in Europe, while it has already arrived in the United States.

Alternatives:

has already come
has already made it
has already reached
has already gotten there
has already got in

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have already arrived vs has already arrived