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01cite10New2grammar12cite10How many calories 11del11font10are/is12font12del10 11font10does 12font10that burger 11font10contain/have12font10?12br
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0 How many calories ARE IN that burger? [more formal02br
00 How many calories is that burger? [very informal0-

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10How many calories ARE IN that burger?12blockquote

10N2G, just to avoid confussion with my post above, Marius's change has promoted the calories to the subject hence the change to plural.01blockquote

01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10 How many calories i

0I'm terribly sorry. I made a mistake in my original question. I missed out an "IN"02br
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00How many calories are/is in that burger?02br
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00So, let me repeat my question02br
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00Are both verbs correct?02br
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00MH...Are in is acceptable to you. How about "IS in"?02br
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00Thanks!0-

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10MH...Are in is acceptable to you. How about "IS in"?12blockquote

10No it's not acceptable but people still say it. Look at my post above. When you add 01i00in02i00 to the sentence the word 01i00calories 02i00becomes the subject so it needs a plu

0But native speakers do say "Five dollarS 01b00is02b00 not a lot of money", am I right?0-

0 "Five dollarS 01b00is02b00 not a lot of money"02br
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0That's true, but when we do, we are talking about it as an entire quantity. Five miles isn't far to walk; five dollars isn't too much to ask; five hours is a long time to wait in the emergency room.02br
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00It's the same difference with "01i00The02i00 number of students 01i00is02i00 growing quickly" and "01i00A 02

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Five dollarS 11b10is12b10 not a lot of money12blockquote

10In this sentence "01i00a lot of money02i00" (singular) is the subject, not the "01i00five dollars02i00" (plural).00 0-

0 Is it also correct to say "How many calories are THERE in that burger? 0-