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Re: There are/is a dog and cat over there
Re: There are/is a dog and cat over there
which form of "be" do I use here? Why? Thank you.
which form of "be" do I use here? Why? Thank you.
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The correct sentence is “There are a dog and a cat over there” just because there are two of them. However, in the sentence “There is a dog accompanied by a cat” meaning much the same, the singular form is to be used because the formal subject is singular.
- The correct sentence is “There are a dog and a cat over there” just because there are two of them.
- However, in the sentence “There is a dog accompanied by a cat” meaning much the same, the singular form is to be used because the formal subject is singular.
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The correct sentence is
“There are a dog and a cat over there”
just because there are two of them. However, in the sentence
“There is a dog accompanied by a cat”
meaning much the same, the singular form is to be used because the formal subject is singular.
“There are a dog and a cat over there”
just because there are two of them. However, in the sentence
“There is a dog accompanied by a cat”
meaning much the same, the singular form is to be used because the formal subject is singular.
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