pleasehelp  +  962724 Thu, 05 Nov 09 08:05 PM There has to be seats.  Or There have to be seats. Is the verb after there always a plural or singular form? pleasehelp Joined on Sun, Sep 20 2009 Regular Member 614 Plurals

	CalifJim  +  962835 Thu, 05 Nov 09 10:35 PM pleasehelp “Is the verb after there always a plural or singular form?” It can be either singular or plural.  It depends on the following noun phrase. There is a seat. There are seats. There has to be a seat. There have to be seats. With a compound noun phrase having a singular first element, either singular or plural is possible. There is a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There are a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There is a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. There are a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,385 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Plurals, Nouns, Noun Phrases, Phrases

	pleasehelp  +  962843 Thu, 05 Nov 09 10:43 PM CalifJim “ With a compound noun phrase having a singular first element, either singular or plural is possible. There is a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There are a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There is a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. There are a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. ” Which is the compound noun? pleasehelp Plurals, Nouns, Noun Phrases, Phrases

	CalifJim  +  963057 Fri, 06 Nov 09 04:43 AM pleasehelp “Which is the compound noun?” There are no compound nouns.  The compound noun phrases are underlined below. There is a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There are a cat and a dog in the kitchen. There is a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. There are a cat and some dogs in the kitchen. CJ CalifJim Nouns, Noun Phrases, Phrases