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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Questions about words like eyeglasses or pants

Even though words like eyeglasses are a single object we still use the word ''are'' for it.

''These are my eyeglasses.''

But what if it is used with words like ''one type of''

''There are only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sale'', or

'' There is only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sale''.

Which is the correct form?
  

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Anonymous There are only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sale Incorrect. Anonymous There is only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sal e. Correct.

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  • Anonymous There are only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sale Incorrect.
  • Anonymous There is only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sal e.
  • Correct.
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AnonymousThere are only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sale
Incorrect.
AnonymousThere is only one type of eyeglasses in this store for sale.
Correct.
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Can you ever use are with one type of?
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Anonymouseyeglasses
This is excessively formal. It's much more common just to say or write glasses.
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AnonymousCan you ever use are with one type of?
No. At least not when "One type of ..." is the subject you're making the agreement with.

Of course, if there's another subject, by coincidence you might have "are" in the same sentence with "one type of ...", but that's not a matter of subject-verb agreement.

Eggs are one type of food
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