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gusthuber
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 Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 3:00 am Post subject: ther is vs there are |
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About Internet addiction:
There`s online gaming, online gambling and e-bay addiction.
I feel it must be: There are ......
Please comment. |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: |
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You are correct.
The only time that grammatical errors are acceptable is in quoted speech or in dialogue. |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Would you say that this sentence is correct Pugachev? "There are rice, macaroni, and water in that store." I always thought if the items were non-count, "is" could be used even if there were two or more items. I thought "there is" and "there are" tended to match the first item that followed. |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Oops! Sorry Gusthuber. Thanks Lorikeet. |
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