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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Grammer
"There was no shortage of witnesses to your insured’s negligence" or "There were no shortage of witnesses to your insured’s negligence"
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There was no shortage...
- There was no shortage...
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Actually, the phrase should be "There were no shortage of witnesses to your insured's negligence." The subject of the sentence is the relative number of witnesses, which is the object. When the subject is plural, the verb, or helping verb were in this case, should reflect a plural.
You would not say, "There were one witness." But "There was one witness." "There were two witnesses." would refl
You would not say, "There were one witness." But "There was one witness." "There were two witnesses." would refl
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AnonymousActually, the phrase should be "There were no shortage of witnesses to your insured's negligence." The subject of the sentence is the relative number of witnesses, which is the object.Not quite right.
The subject of the sentence is "shortage" which is a singular noun. And it requires a singular verb (was).
There is no object in the sentence
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