Re: (GRE Success! ) There is or there are?
Kartik Datwani <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:58:12 +0530
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Exactly. The 'is' is for the noun 'number' and not for the noun 'guns'. Great Work ! On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > 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/ > > > -- With kind regards Kartik Datwani Assistant Manager Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station NTPC Ltd.