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In response to ""There is a still a good number of people...." or "There still are a good number of people..."?" by prayformojo

"are" My understanding is that "is" is for singulars and "are" is for plurals -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jun 19 '15, 05:25

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It's "is" though, since your subject isn't "people," it's "number." - con_carne Jun 19, 06:48 3
- Flip it around. You don't say "A number of people has asked me". You say "A number of people *have* asked me". It is plural -- nm - oblique Jun 19, 07:01 2
  - OK, but in PFM's sentence, the the thing that is "good" are not the people, but the number -- nm* - con_carne Jun 19, 07:03 1
    - "a number of" is like "a lot of" or "three". It's an adjective. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 07:05
Yup. And there takes its single/plural designation from the subject (in the case: people) -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:41 5
- Am I killfiled? ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 05:43 4
  - haha, of course not. I have a problem of not reading the responses before I type. -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:45 3
    - I'm just messing around. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 05:46 2
      - Don't you need to go tanning or something? -- nm - Shaun Jun 19, 05:49 1
        
        I hate you. - Krusty Jun 19, 05:51

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