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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is or are

Are both is and are correct in these examples?

There is two of them.
There are two of them.

There is two of this building.
There are two of this building.
  

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Anonymous Are both is and are correct in these examples? No. There is a pair / couple of them.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Anonymous Are both is and are correct in these examples?
  • No.
  • There is a pair / couple of them.
  • There are two of them.
  • There are two of this building.
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AnonymousAre both is and are correct in these examples?
No.

There is a pair / couple of them.
There are two of them.
AnonymousThere is two of this building.There are two of this building.
There are two of these buildings.
This building has a twin.
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousAre both is and are correct in these examples?No.There is a pair / couple of them.There are two of them.AnonymousThere is two of this building.There are two of this building.There are two of these buildings.This building has a twin.
Thanks. In the second example, one of the buildings is in front of me and the other is somewhere else. Tha
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousAre both is and are correct in these examples?No.There is a pair / couple of them.There are two of them.AnonymousThere is two of this building.There are two of this building.There are two of these buildings.This building has a twin.
Teacher would you please respond to my above reply/ question, as I have been thinking about it.
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"There are two of this building" is grammatically okay, and "There is two of this building" is not, but the version suggestions by A Stars is more natural, something like "This building has a twin."
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BarbaraPA"There are two of this building" is grammatically okay, and "There is two of this building" is not, but the version suggestions by A Stars is more natural, something like "This building has a twin."
Got it, thanks. I have a question regarding the last sentence you wrote. Did you mean to write suggestions or suggestion, because you used 'is' after it?
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AnonymousDid you mean to write suggestions or suggestion, because you used 'is' after it? Or should it be 'are'?
I think this was intended:

but the version suggested by A Stars is more natural, something like "This building has a twin."

The subject, version, is singular.

You could also say:

"There is an
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousDid you mean to write suggestions or suggestion, because you used 'is' after it? Or should it be 'are'?I think this was intended:but the version suggested by A Stars is more natural, something like "This building has a twin."The subject, version, is singular.You could also say: "There is another building like this one.""There is second building exac
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AnonymousAlso, in your last did you miss an 'a' after the word 'is'?
Yes, sorry!
AnonymousI see. Just curious, would the sentence work with 'suggestions or suggestion'?
...but the suggestion by A Stars is more natural, ...
...but the suggestions by A Stars are more natural, ...
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousAlso, in your last did you miss an 'a' after the word 'is'?Yes, sorry!AnonymousI see. Just curious, would the sentence work with 'suggestions or suggestion'?...but the suggestion by A Stars is more natural, ......but the suggestions by A Stars are more natural, ...
Thank you teacher.

Would it be possible to include the word 'ver
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AnonymousWould it be possible to include the word 'version or versions' in these last sentences
Not in any natural way. Both version and suggestion are nouns. Although nouns can modify other nouns, that is not the case with this particular pair.

eg suggestion box (a box for suggestions)
suggestion board (a place to pos
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