It is vs. there are

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Gabriel
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It is vs. there are

Post by Gabriel » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:28 am

Could you please tell me which is correct to say:
There are only four days until Christmas or
It is only four days until Christmas

Stephen Jones
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Post by Stephen Jones » Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:20 pm

Both, and you can use 'to' instead of 'until'.

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