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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is or are

There is no lack of posting boards / There are no lack of political posting boards

Does the object of the preposition determine verb tense?
  

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The question is not about tense. It is about number (singular/plural) and subject/verb agreement. "Lack" is singular.

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  • The question is not about tense.
  • It is about number (singular/plural) and subject/verb agreement.
  • "Lack" is singular.
  • There is no lack of posting boards.
  • It doesn't matter that the object of the preposition is plural (boards).
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The question is not about tense. It is about number (singular/plural) and subject/verb agreement.

"Lack" is singular.

There is no lack of posting boards.

It doesn't matter that the object of the preposition is plural (boards). That kind of situation affects subjects when you are thinking about singular, plural, and subject/verb agreement.

A lot of people are he
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AnonymousDoes the object of the preposition determine verb tense?
You mean subject-verb agreement, not verb tense.

In a there-construction the verb agrees with the first noun after the verb unless that's the head of a number-transparent construction like "a lot of", "lots of", "plenty of", "a number of", etc., in which case the ag
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