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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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was / were two million dollars...
Which is correct for this sentence....
There "was / were" two million dollars inside the bag.
There "was / were" two million dollars inside the bag.
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Both are possible. We can view $2,000,000 as a (singular) amount of money, or we can think of the 'two' as being plural, mentally contrasting it with 'one'.
- Both are possible.
- We can view $2,000,000 as a (singular) amount of money, or we can think of the 'two' as being plural, mentally contrasting it with 'one'.
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Both are possible. We can view $2,000,000 as a (singular) amount of money, or we can think of the 'two' as being plural, mentally contrasting it with 'one'.
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