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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:56 am  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

Please choose "is" or "are"?

a. There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural).
b. There is / are either CN (plural) or CN (singular).
c. There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (singular).
d. There is/ are either CN ( plural) or CN (plural).
e. There is/are either UN or UN.

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K

P.S:
CN: Countable noun
UN : Uncountable noun
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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 13:05 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

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There is and there are have nothing whatsoever to do with countable and uncountable. The only thing that's important is whether the noun is singular or plural:

There is a child...
There are children...
There is a tree...
There are trees...
There is some beer...
There is a glass of beer...
There are six bottles of beer...
There is fog...
There are clouds...
There is heavy rain...
There are raindrops...

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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 13:53 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

Hi Amy,

So, please choose "is" or "are"?

There is/are either rain or clouds,I'll go there.
There is/are either rain or cloud,I'll go there.
There is/are either clouds or rain, I'll go there.
There is/are either cloud or rain, I'll go there.
There is/are either beer or bread, I won't go there.
There is/are either boys or girls, I'll go there.
There is/are either boy or girl, I'll go there.
There is/are either boy or girls, I'll go there.
There is/are either boys or girl, I'll go there.

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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 13:56 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

Hi again

Assuming that your question had more to do with using either ... or and that all the countable/uncountable stuff was just a smokescreen Wink, here are some answers in a format similar to your question:

a. There is either (singular) or (plural).
b. There are either (plural) or (singular).
c. There is either (singular) or (singular).
d. There are either (plural) or (plural).
e. (same as c.)

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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 14:06 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

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There is/are either rain or clouds, I'll go there.

Why the "I'll go there"? Did you want to make IF sentences? If so, you need IF in the sentences.

Whether could also work, but then I'd omit either and the meaning would also be somewhat different.

If there is either rain or clouds, I'll go.
Whether there is rain or clouds, I'll go.

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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 14:08 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

Hi Amy,

So, the structure is the same with "neither..nor...", Ok?

and what is the structure with "both... and"?

Thanks
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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 14:49 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

Hi Khahn

With there is/are, I would use is/are in accordance with the first noun mentioned.

Keep in mind, when using either, neither or both you might have only one noun:


There are both good and bad reasons for doing that.
There is both a red and a yellow light on my monitor.
There are neither red nor yellow lights my Christmas tree.


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Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural) Thu Aug 03, 2006 14:55 pm  Is or Are: There is/are either CN (singular) or CN (plural)
 

Hi,

Many thanks. It's very useful for me and also for everybody who uses this web. That's the precious knowledge not existing in grammar books.

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