Re: (GRE Success! ) There is or there are?

"There is" would be correct here.

The verb "to be" must be conjugated for the noun "number" in this sentence,
and this noun here is singular.  Therefore, "There is".

Raghu



On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]>wrote:

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> Hello Everyone,
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> Heard on the TV and I thought I would ask folks which version of the
> following two statements is correct:
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> 1. There is a growing number of guns entering the state illegally.
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> 2. There are a growing number of guns entering the state illegally.
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> Good Luck,
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> Srihari
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