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Yaxha Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What is/ what are

What is the right questions?

What is in the picture? or What are in the picture? why?

What is the safest questions (what is... or what are..) where we can answer both with there are and there is.

Do we say what is in the classroom or what are in the classroom?
  

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What is in the picture (no reference to the # of items) What is the safest road (one specific road) What are the safest road (expecting more than one road in the answer) In short, use is unless you are specifying object(s) to be considered. By the way, welcome to the Forums!

  • What is in the picture (no reference to the # of items) What is the safest road (one specific road) What are the safest road (expecting more than one road in the answer) In short, use is unless you are specifying object(s) to be considered.
  • By the way, welcome to the Forums!
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What is in the picture (no reference to the # of items)

What is the safest road (one specific road)

What are the safest road (expecting more than one road in the answer)

In short, use is unless you are specifying object(s) to be considered.


By the way, welcome to the Forums!

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