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Piplot Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
There is / are
In the following sentence, is there is/are. Could you explain me the reason of you answer? In my opinion is there are because many is plural, i think.
There's too many questions
Thanks in advance.
There's too many questions
Thanks in advance.
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There's too many questions. This is very common in ordinary conversation but is disapproved by prescriptivists. There is too many questions .
- There's too many questions.
- This is very common in ordinary conversation but is disapproved by prescriptivists.
- There is too many questions .
- Incorrect.
- There are too many questions.
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There's too many questions. This is very common in ordinary conversation but is disapproved by prescriptivists.
There is too many questions. Incorrect.
There are too many questions. This is the formally correct version.
There is too many questions. Incorrect.
There are too many questions. This is the formally correct version.
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Aspara GusThis is very common in ordinary conversation but is disapproved by prescriptivists.In British English that would be "...but is disapproved of by prescriptivists".
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In British English, if you approve of something, you consider it right, correct, appropriate etc. If you approve (transitive) something, you sanction it, give permission for it.
If you disapprove of something, you consider it to be wrong. It is unusual in British English to disapprove (transitive) [in the sense of 'withhold approval from] something.
If you disapprove of something, you consider it to be wrong. It is unusual in British English to disapprove (transitive) [in the sense of 'withhold approval from] something.
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