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Section 6.8.1.2

Sentences Beginning with There

If your sentence begins with there and the subject follows the verb, you need to pay special attention to subject-verb agreement. If the noun following there is singular, the verb should be singular.


Unacceptable

There have been much advancement in prostheses in recent years.

Acceptable

There has been much advancement in prostheses in recent years.

--Linglei Xu, "Bone Talk," SciTech Magazine


If the noun following there is plural, the verb should be plural.


Unacceptable

There is many ideas of how to organize assemblers.

There are many ideas of how to organize assemblers.


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