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Grammar and Linguistics > There is + plurals? Help, please!
There is + plurals? Help, please!
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Anneclaire
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There is + plurals? Help, please!
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Hi! Is this sentence correct? There �s a carpert and three boxes on the floor. Because the verb agrees with its nearest complement. Or can you also say: There are a carpet and three boxes on the floor? Thx for your help!  |
27 Jan 2013
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cunliffe
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�There �s a carpet and three boxes on the floor �. It agrees with the nearest object, unless you reverse the word order, as in �Three boxes and a carpet are on the floor. �
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27 Jan 2013
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titine69
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So,can we write a sentence like this : There is a cat,a dog and 2 people.(when describing a picture) or should we use :there are a cat,a dog and 2 people. I have a doubt.:)) Titine |
27 Jan 2013
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valodra
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There Is a cat, a dog, & 2 people. See Cunliffe �s post for explanation :-)
If I may, you cannot ........... � have a doubt �. I �m searching the link right now.
Val
( it helped me !) |
27 Jan 2013
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cunliffe
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Oh Titine!!! You will be in serious trouble if you have a doubt! See valodra �s link! |
27 Jan 2013
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valodra
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( I - still have doubts - sometimes, dear Cunliffe...) But I keep learning from here! 
I hope nobody was offended...
Val |
27 Jan 2013
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cunliffe
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Offended? I hope - never! People on eslp love this bit of ribbing and I have no doubt about that.
How funny! �I have no doubt � is fine, but �I have a doubt �, as we have seen, is very suspect...
The English language, eh??? |
27 Jan 2013
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titine69
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Hello!Thank you Valodra for the link I had already read.That �s why I had posted �I have a doubt �on purpose just to tease Les and the other members.Apparently,it worked!! Hugs to all of you Titine |
28 Jan 2013
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