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Fairytale1990 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
There are or there is ?
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Iwanted to know weather to fill in the blanks with '' there are ''or ''ther is'' and the reason for that .
...........a pen and two books.
...........some bread and four pens on the table.
I really appreciate your answer.
Iwanted to know weather to fill in the blanks with '' there are ''or ''ther is'' and the reason for that .
...........a pen and two books.
...........some bread and four pens on the table.
I really appreciate your answer.
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When dummy there is followed by a compound subject and the first subject is singular, both a singular verb and a plural verb are correct. If the first subject is plural, a plural verb is of course mandatory. There is a pen and two books.
- When dummy there is followed by a compound subject and the first subject is singular, both a singular verb and a plural verb are correct.
- If the first subject is plural, a plural verb is of course mandatory.
- There is a pen and two books.
- There are a pen and two books.
- There are two books and a pen.
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When dummy there is followed by a compound subject and the first subject is singular, both a singular verb and a plural verb are correct. If the first subject is plural, a plural verb is of course mandatory.
There is a pen and two books.
There are a pen and two books.
There are two books and a pen.
There is some bread and for pens on
There is a pen and two books.
There are a pen and two books.
There are two books and a pen.
There is some bread and for pens on
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