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Hoa Thai wrote: Hi all, After hours scanning through hundreds of hits on the Internet, I finally found an article at http://www.proofreadnow.com/grammarrules.html . Here is an extract: "More than one can only be plural in meaning but nevertheless often takes a singular verb, either modifying a...

Hi all, After hours scanning through hundreds of hits on the Internet, I finally found an article at http://www.proofreadnow.com/grammarrules.html . Here is an extract: "More than one can only be plural in meaning but nevertheless often takes a singular verb, either modifying a noun or standing...

1. There is a boy and a girl in the playground. 2. There is a boy, a girl and an old man in the playground. 3. There is a boy and two girls in the playground. 4. There are two girls and a boy in the playground. Some language experts now regard there is as a fixed, unvarying idiom...

Kathy456 wrote: 1. There is a boy & a girl in the playground. 2. There is a boy, a girl & an old man in the playground. 3. There is a boy & two girls in the playground. 4. There are two girls & a boy in the playground. Kathy This topic has been discussed in...