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Mango guava 130 Posted 7 years ago
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THERE IS / THERE ARE

Which one is correct?

There is a girl and a boy reading a book.

or

There are a girl and a boy reading a book


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There is a girl and a boy...

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There is a girl and a boy...

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When the existential there construction contains the conjunction of two or more subjects, plural agreement is always possible. But if the first subject of the conjoined subjects is singular, agreement may be singular or plural.

The first subject (a girl) is singular. Therefore, both 'is' and 'are' are correct.

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