Re: (GRE Success! ) There is or there are?
Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:59:32 -0800
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Hello Raghu, You nailed it. Excellent point - conjugate the noun number. Thanks! Sincerely, Srihari On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Raghu Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > "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: > >> >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Heard on the TV and I thought I would ask folks which version of the >> following two statements is correct: >> >> 1. There is a growing number of guns entering the state illegally. >> >> 2. There are a growing number of guns entering the state illegally. >> >> Good Luck, >> >> Srihari >> >> -- >> Home: http://www.yamanoor.com/ >> >> Photography: http://www.yamanoor.net/ >> >> Laughs: http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/ >> >> Medical Devices: http://chaaraka.blogspot.com/ >> >> Earth: http://itshothere.org/ >> > > > -- Home: http://www.yamanoor.com/ Photography: http://www.yamanoor.net/ Laughs: http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/ Medical Devices: http://chaaraka.blogspot.com/ Earth: http://itshothere.org/