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13 Dec 2018
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English (US)
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I'm confused about the grammar of these two sentences. Which one is correct? 1 or 2?
1. There's a lake and mountain near my house.
2. There are a lake and mountain near my house.
I'm confused about the grammar of these two sentences. Which one is correct? 1 or 2?
1. There's a lake and mountain near my house.
2. There are a lake and mountain near my house.
1. There's a lake and mountain near my house.
2. There are a lake and mountain near my house.
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- English (US)
There is a lake and a mountain near my house
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- Vietnamese
Why "is" is used in this case when "a lake and a mountain" are plural?
- English (US)
It's one lake and one mountain. It would be "are" if there were multiple lakes and multiple mountains.
Highly-rated answerer
- Vietnamese
I'm sorry. What I meant is "a lake and a mountain" are 2 objects. So shouldn't it be "are" in this case?
- English (US)
But since each object is singular, you would use "is" and connect them with "and". There is A lake and [there is] A mountain
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- Vietnamese
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