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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is right?

a) There are a girl and two boys in the room.

b) There is a girl and two boys in the room.
  

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The sentence clearly needs a plural verb. To make it "sound" right, I would say: there are 2 boys and a girl in the room'.

  • The sentence clearly needs a plural verb.
  • To make it "sound" right, I would say: there are 2 boys and a girl in the room'.
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The sentence clearly needs a plural verb. To make it "sound" right, I would say: there are 2 boys and a girl in the room'.

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