Re: There is/There are

Posted by futari on 2007/8/23 19:00:13

More info on the usage of "There is" and "There are".
(Meant to send in more info from books, but unluckily, I had most of my books packed for shipment.)

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http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/2007/03/there-is-and-there-are.html
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... Notice that with this use the verb generally agrees with the first part of the complement. So :
There’s a letter and two messages for you is correct, as is There are two messages and a letter for you. But There are a letter and two messages … is incorrect.

What about There’s two messages for you ? Grammatically of course this is illogical. But ...
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