All the furniture is / are

You use "is new", because furniture is singular.

Greetings

Alex

All the furniture in the room is new. All the furniture counts as on item. All the chairs in the room are new. Is = Singular. Are=plural

It's apparently possible to say 'a furniture' instead of 'a piece of furniture' meaning that you can also say

All the furnitures in the room are new. (All the pieces of furniture in the room are new).

is new!

Hi,

It's apparently possible to say 'a furniture' instead of 'a piece of furniture' No, you have the wrong idea about this.

meaning that you can also say

All the furnitures in the room are new. (All the pieces of furniture in the room are new).

Clive

I used to think the same way as you. But please take a look at this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_noun

Hi,



I don't agree with that.



I can assure you that people will think you have a very poor grasp of English if you say things like 'There are seven furnitures in my living room'.



Best wishes, Clive

Yes, I know what you mean. And I would write 'a piece of furniture' because I know for sure that it's correct to say that. Still, articles like that one are puzzling.

The "x" in front of the sentences in that article tell you that it's not an accepted use. Did you see one in the article elsewhere that said that what you suggested above is okay?

Hi GG,

I don't see any X signs in that article. I'm using IE 7. Clive apparently didn't see any Xes too. But if you can see the Xes there then it's settled.


Sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up but I really thought the article suggests it's an acceptable usage. (don't see the Xes in my browser)