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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"There is" or "There are"
Hello, everyone.
Can somebody tell me which of the sentences are correct?
"There is a cat and a dog in the room."
"There are a cat and a dog in the room."
Please could you also explain why. Thanks in advance!
Can somebody tell me which of the sentences are correct?
"There is a cat and a dog in the room."
"There are a cat and a dog in the room."
Please could you also explain why. Thanks in advance!
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Both are accepted. It depends on how far ahead the speaker is thinking: is he thinking of the items one at a time (in a linear fashion), or has he already conceived that there is more than one item? There's also the factor that 'there's' is easier to say than 'there're'.
- Both are accepted.
- It depends on how far ahead the speaker is thinking: is he thinking of the items one at a time (in a linear fashion), or has he already conceived that there is more than one item?
- There's also the factor that 'there's' is easier to say than 'there're'.
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Both are accepted. It depends on how far ahead the speaker is thinking: is he thinking of the items one at a time (in a linear fashion), or has he already conceived that there is more than one item?
There's also the factor that 'there's' is easier to say than 'there're'.
There's also the factor that 'there's' is easier to say than 'there're'.
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