By American English, Compound subjects

Hi Teo I hope the following will be helpful. In BrE, it should be There is a cat and a dog. Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first book is on British English usage, the second on American English usage. 'The Right Word at the Right Time'...

Kooyeen wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: There is / are a cat and a dog. (In AmE, both are acceptable.)Hi Yoong,I didn't know that, where did you find out it? I always thought "are" didn't sound very good. Maybe it's ok but it's not used much?Hi Kooyeen 'The...