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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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there is or there are
some stuffs in my desk, i describe it there "is" a pencil, a book and a watch on my desk, or i say there "are" a pencil, a book and a watch on my desk?
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some stuf f. there are a pencil, a book........
- some stuf f.
- there are a pencil, a book........
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You need "are" there. You have a plural subject ("a pencil", "a book", and "a watch", and therefore, you need the verb that agrees with a "plural subject", and that verb is "are", not "is".
Thus, "There are a pencil, a book, and a watch on my desk."
Thus, "There are a pencil, a book, and a watch on my desk."
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probusAlso, it cannot be stuffs. Stuff is correct, a collective noun, I am not at all convinced about that.
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Anonymous some stuffs in my desk, i describe it there "is" a pencil, a book and a watch on my desk, or i say there "are" a pencil, a book and a watch on my desk?In a there construction with multiple subjects it is correct to use the plural or, if the first subject listed is singular, the singular.
There [is / are] a pencil, a book, and
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