Learn Spanish (Spain): Dudo que haya mucho respeto en ese grupo. - I doubt that there is much respect in that group.

Dudo que haya mucho respeto en ese grupo.

I doubt that there is much respect in that group.

Breakdown of Dudo que haya mucho respeto en ese grupo.

mucho

a lot

in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

que

that (relative pronoun, conjunction)

el grupo

the group / the band

Questions & Answers about Dudo que haya mucho respeto en ese grupo.

Why do we use haya instead of hay here?

The phrase Dudo que (I doubt that) expresses uncertainty, which is a classic trigger for the subjunctive mood. Because you are doubting the existence of respect, the normal present tense hay (there is) changes to its irregular present subjunctive form, haya.

I thought haber meant "to have". Why does haya translate to "there is"?

You are right that haber is normally used as a helping verb to mean "to have" (like in "I have eaten"). However, it also has a special impersonal form that means "there is" or "there are". In the indicative mood, this word is hay. In the present subjunctive, it becomes the fully irregular word haya.

Why is it ese grupo and not eso grupo?

Grupo is a masculine noun, so it takes the masculine adjective ese (that). Eso is the neuter form of "that", which is only used for abstract ideas, unknown objects, or general situations. You never put eso directly in front of a noun.

Could I say Dudo de que instead of just Dudo que?

Standard Spanish uses dudo que without the de when introducing a new clause. Adding an unnecessary de before que is a common error (even among native speakers!) known as dequeísmo. You just need que to connect the doubt to the rest of the sentence.