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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Needs to be, need to be, has to be, have to be

I am really confused by these sentences. Which ones are correct?

There needs to be people in the store.

There need to be people store.

There has to be ways around the problem.

There have to be ways around the problem.
  

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Anonymous I am really confused by these sentences. Which ones are correct? There needs to be people in the store.

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  • Anonymous I am really confused by these sentences.
  • Which ones are correct?
  • There needs to be people in the store.
  • (Casual) - correct.
  • " is technically correct.
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AnonymousI am really confused by these sentences. Which ones are correct?
There needs to be people in the store. (Casual) - correct. "There need to be etc." is technically correct.

There need to be people store. Incorrect. Is this really what you meant to write?
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AnonymousWhich ones are correct?
These.

There need to be people store.
There have to be ways around the problem.

CJ
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Just focusing on subject-verb agreement, and "reading between the lines" on the basis of the pattern established in the first example, of course!

(Not to mention being half blind!)

CJ
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There needs to to be people in store
Because 'there' in this sentence is referring to the store
There have to be ways around the problem
Because 'there' is referring to ways....it it is way then there has to be
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AnonymousThere needs to to be people in storeBecause 'there' in this sentence is referring to the store
No, it doesn't.
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