Timeline for Question regarding using singular or plural nouns
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| May 29 at 0:47 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 28 at 18:20 | vote | accept | Tsain | ||
| May 28 at 18:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 28 at 18:13 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @MichaelHarvey: That works for me, but I'm not so keen on There is one woman, two dogs, four cats, five chickens, and six goats in the garden (with or without my "Oxford comma" :) | |
| May 28 at 18:09 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @FumbleFingers - there are six goats, five chickens, four cats, two dogs, and one woman in the garden? | |
| May 28 at 18:07 | answer | added | Michael Harvey | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 28 at 18:00 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | ...but why not just make life easy for yourself, and rearrange to There are two slices of cake and a pen [on the desk]. That fits the rule you've been taught, so it's "Problem solved!" | |
| May 28 at 17:55 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Does this answer your question? There's vs There are. See also There's or there are and The use of "there is" and "there's" and What are the combinations of "there-is" or "there-are" called in English grammar terms?, among others. | |
| May 28 at 16:46 | history | asked | Tsain | CC BY-SA 4.0 |