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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
crowd 1
Can I say,
(a) When she arrived at the book store, there was a large crowd. They were pushing each
other.
(b) There was / were a large crowd of people in the book store.
(c) The crowd was / were pushing each other to get into the book sale.
(a) When she arrived at the book store, there was a large crowd. They were pushing each
other.
(b) There was / were a large crowd of people in the book store.
(c) The crowd was / were pushing each other to get into the book sale.
Top answer
(a) When she arrived at the book store, there was a large crowd. -- OK; I prefer 'was'. (c) The crowd were pushing each other to get into the book sale.
- (a) When she arrived at the book store, there was a large crowd.
- -- OK; I prefer 'was'.
- (c) The crowd were pushing each other to get into the book sale.
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(a) When she arrived at the book store, there was a large crowd. They were pushing each
other.-- OK
(b) There was / were a large crowd of people in the book store.-- OK; I prefer 'was'.
(c) The crowd were pushing each other to get into the book sale.
other.-- OK
(b) There was / were a large crowd of people in the book store.-- OK; I prefer 'was'.
(c) The crowd were pushing each other to get into the book sale.
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