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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Subject Verb Agreement problem
Should this sentence have "there is " or "there are"?
There is still a couple of hours left for our flight.
Though people tend to use "there is" more, shouldn't "there are" refer to plural subjects?
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There is still a couple of hours left for our flight. An argument can be made for either number. Anonymous Though people tend to use "there is" more, shouldn't "there are" refer to plural subjects?
- There is still a couple of hours left for our flight.
- An argument can be made for either number.
- Anonymous Though people tend to use "there is" more, shouldn't "there are" refer to plural subjects?
- It is not necessarily plural; it can a single length of time.
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AnonymousShould this sentence have "there is " or "there are"?There is still a couple of hours left for our flight.
An argument can be made for either number.
AnonymousThough people tend to use "there is" more, shouldn't "there are" refer to plural subjects?
It is not necessarily plural; it can a single length of t
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