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Desk red 604 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Which is right and why is it so, teachers? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
There _____ a man and a woman here to see you.
1. is
2. are
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desk red 604 There _____ a man and a woman here to see you. 1. is 2.
- desk red 604 There _____ a man and a woman here to see you.
- 1.
- is 2.
- are Both are allowed.
- Most grammar books say that in an existential there construction you can make the verb agree with the first item in a compound subject or make it plural to agree with the fact that it is a compound subject.
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desk red 604There _____ a man and a woman here to see you.
1. is
2. are
Both are allowed.
Most grammar books say that in an existential there construction you can make the verb agree with the first item in a compound subject or make it plural to agree with the fact that it is a compound subject.
There is a man
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