'is' and 'are'

The teachers might better explain that:

Here are two examples for now..

This is a difficult time.

These are difficult times.

Basically "is" is used in the singular, while "are" is used in the plural.

David Beckham is the best footballer in the world (only 1 David Beckham)

Tom and John are brothers. (more than 1 person)

hey Chris, i love the examples they are really illustrative. only one Real Madrid.

I always try and give examples that are relevant. Can you think of anything more important in the world - war in Iraq (what war) Sars (means nothing) Nothing compares to the biggest story of the year -

David Beckham going to Spain.

So Maj, I take it you are a Real Madrid supporter then! (Hitch, if you know how to move a post can you put it into foo as I think this is quite ge

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0 That would depend on the sentence. e.g. 02br
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00a) There IS a man and a woman in the room. 02br
00b) There ARE two people in the room, a man and a woman. 02br
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00It is obvious that there are TWO people in the room and both sentences mean the same. Why is it that one sentence uses the verb "IS"(which is singular) and the other "ARE"(pl

0 I'm a mere learner, but I think the problem you are raising would be hard to fix even for qualified teachers. 02br
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00Some of native speakers would say like "there are a man and a woman", but others would say "there is a man and a woman". It looks like there is no rule in the choice between "are" or "is", but one of my books says that some grammarians studied this ling

0 To paco2004 02br
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00A friend told me that the sentence, "There IS a man and a woman in the room.", is a actually a compound sentence made up of two sentences:- 02br
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00i) There is a man in the room. 02br
00ii) There is a woman in the room. 02br
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00Joining both above sentences, we get, "There is a man in the roo

0 I would agree, Temico 0-

0 Hi! 02br
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00I don't know if your eplanation is correct but I was taught that when you have a list (lamp, glasses, plates) you could use 'there is': 02br
00There is a lamp, two glasses and three plates on the table. 02br
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00Otherwise, you have to follow the rule: 02br
00ther is + singular: there is a lamp on t