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Simon_phlui Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
More than one dog(s)
Which of the following is correct?
"There are more than one dog in the garden."
and
"There are more than one dogs in the garden."
I have seen both before but don't know which
is more correct.
Thanks.
"There are more than one dog in the garden."
and
"There are more than one dogs in the garden."
I have seen both before but don't know which
is more correct.
Thanks.
Top answer
Hi Simon- Heather here- I'm an ESL teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Because your sentence is about "one" dog, not 2 or more- the sentence needs to be : "There IS more than one dog in the garden. " I know it's confusing because of the "more than" in the sentence, but that's English!
- Hi Simon- Heather here- I'm an ESL teacher in Melbourne, Australia.
- Because your sentence is about "one" dog, not 2 or more- the sentence needs to be : "There IS more than one dog in the garden.
- " I know it's confusing because of the "more than" in the sentence, but that's English!
- Hope this helps!
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Hi Simon- Heather here- I'm an ESL teacher in Melbourne, Australia.
Because your sentence is about "one" dog, not 2 or more- the sentence needs to be :
"There IS more than one dog in the garden.
If there were TWO dogs it would be:
"There ARE more than two dogs in the garden."
I know it's confusing because of the "more than" in the sentence, but
Because your sentence is about "one" dog, not 2 or more- the sentence needs to be :
"There IS more than one dog in the garden.
If there were TWO dogs it would be:
"There ARE more than two dogs in the garden."
I know it's confusing because of the "more than" in the sentence, but
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Thanks for your advice, but it's really a bit unreasonable.
"more than one" implies "at least two". I think it's illogical to
use "there is".
I searched "there is more than one" in googles and got
451,000 matches. "there are more than one" returned 75,600.
Do you think we should stick to the "wrong" habit of saying
something or go for the "correct" but less co
"more than one" implies "at least two". I think it's illogical to
use "there is".
I searched "there is more than one" in googles and got
451,000 matches. "there are more than one" returned 75,600.
Do you think we should stick to the "wrong" habit of saying
something or go for the "correct" but less co
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