$100 is not enough

Haohaoxuexi$100 is plural or singular?

$100 is not enough or are not enough? There is $100 in the pocket or are?

Use 'is' because $100 is an amount.

Haohaoxuexi$100 is plural or singular?

$100 is not enough or are not enough? There is $100 in the pocket or are?

Thanks

$100 is not enough.

There is $100 in the pocket.

Here $100 is considered as an amount.

How about 100 dollars? There are or there is? are not enough or is enough?

HaohaoxuexiHow about 100 dollars? There are or there is? are not enough or is enough?

$100 is not enough.

There is $100 (in the pocket).

Here '$100' refers to the amount.

Similarly,

He is 5 years old.

He is five years old.

So do you mean $100 and 100 dollars are all singulars?

HaohaoxuexiSo do you mean $100 and 100 dollars are all singulars?

It doesn't matter whether the amount is spelled out or written in figures.

Similarly, "He is five years old" is the same as "He is 5 years old."

Yoong Liat

HaohaoxuexiSo do you mean $100 and 100 dollars are all singulars?

It doesn't matter whether the amount is spelled out or written in figures.

Similarly, "He is five years old" is the same as "He is 5 years old."

Hi Yoong Liat,

I could be wrong, but how about this sentence?

These 2

Hoa Thai

Yoong Liat

HaohaoxuexiSo do you mean $100 and 100 dollars are all singulars?

It doesn't matter whether the amount is spelled out or written in figures.

Similarly, "He is five years old" is the same as "He is 5 years old."

Hi Yoong Liat,

I could be wrong, but how about t

What about those nouns?

• There is 2 seconds/minutes/hours. 2 seconds/minutes/hours are not enough.


• There are 2 days/weeks/years. 2 days/weeks/years are not enough.

thanks

Yoong Liat"are' is correct in your sentence. Two weeks is a short time BUT Two weeks have passed ...

Now, we are back to the original poster's question. How do we explain when the use of singular is fine and when it is not?

Thanks,
Hoa Thai