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Forum: English Questions Aug 12th, 2009, 01:14 pm
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Posted By alawton
Re: subject-verb agreement

That's what I was thinking too. Susan states, "The verb in the expression There + BE usually agrees with the first noun, regardless of what comes later." The sentence you wrote, ""There is a young...
Forum: English Questions Aug 11th, 2009, 11:50 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 12,244
Posted By alawton
Re: subject-verb agreement

Hello,

You have your sources, and I won't argue with you there. I still feel it sounds awkward to say, "There ARE a dog and a cat .... ". This may be an area where the average English speaker...
Forum: English Questions Aug 11th, 2009, 02:31 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 12,244
Posted By alawton
Re: subject-verb agreement

I don't think anyone would say "There are a dog and a cat." That sounds very awkward. It would be "There is a dog and a cat." or "There's a dog and a cat."
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