There is or there are

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There is or there are

tommy1996

There is or there are

Please tell me if singular or plural verb is right in this case: There is/ are a table and four chairs There is/ are four chairs and a table Thanks

14 Dec 2016

kohai

There is a table and four chairs.

There are four chairs and a table.

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14 Dec 2016

cunliffe

Kohai is absolutely right. I �ll just point out that in speech, �There �s... � is becoming the norm whether what follows is singular or plural. So you would say, �There �s goats everywhere! � Only if that was the case, of course.

Edit: But there�s only kids everywhere... of the human variety.

15 Dec 2016