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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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is or are
Hi,
There was extensive discussion on the issue I am going to present here and what i want to know is when you have a series of items in a sentence in the form as below and the sentence starts with one determiner for all, is it wise for me to follow what seems to be called "subject-verb accord"?
There is a pencil, pen, fork, and spoon. (a modifies all, rather than have each article for all the listed items)
There was extensive discussion on the issue I am going to present here and what i want to know is when you have a series of items in a sentence in the form as below and the sentence starts with one determiner for all, is it wise for me to follow what seems to be called "subject-verb accord"?
There is a pencil, pen, fork, and spoon. (a modifies all, rather than have each article for all the listed items)
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Hi I would use an article before all listed items.
- Hi I would use an article before all listed items.
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There is a pencil, pen, fork, and spoon. (a modifies all, rather than have each article for all the listed items)
From what I've read, according to BrE There is a pencil, pen, fork, and spoon is correct.
However, AmE allows both There is ... and There are ...
From what I've read, according to BrE There is a pencil, pen, fork, and spoon is correct.
However, AmE allows both There is ... and There are ...
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