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Trulala Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

there is or there are

why there are two rooms but there is a living room and a bedroom?
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Hello, trulala—and welcome to English Forums. There are two rooms. There is a living room and a bedroom.

  • Hello, trulala—and welcome to English Forums.
  • There are two rooms.
  • There is a living room and a bedroom.
  • There are a living room and a bedroom .
  • All 3 sentences are fine.
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Hello, trulala—and welcome to English Forums.

There are two rooms.
There is a living room and a bedroom.
There are a living room and a bedroom.

All 3 sentences are fine. The difference between the last two is in the thought process of the speaker: in the first, she is thinking linearly as she speaks, while in the second, she has thought ahead to the
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ok, i can understand that but what about there is a living room and a bedroom in the written context?
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what about the written context?
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The same explanation applies.
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what about when a person gives a list of things and she/he starts with there is...should it be counted as a mistake?
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trulalawhat about when a person gives a list of things and she/he starts with there is...should it be counted as a mistake?
No. I thought that is what I have already explained.

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