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were or was? #1 (permalink) Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:13 pm   were or was?
 

Hello,

Should I say:

There were only 10 people in the group.
or
There was only 10 people in the group.

?

Thanks in advance,

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were or was? #2 (permalink) Wed Jun 16, 2010 14:35 pm   were or was?
 

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were or was? #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 18, 2010 17:56 pm   were or was?
 

There was only 10 people in the group.
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were or was? #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 18, 2010 18:17 pm   were or was?
 

Sapka,

Why have you contradicted Mr Micawber? He provided the correct answer.

"There were only ten people in the group."
were - plural
was - singular
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were or was? #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:52 am   were or was?
 

were

10 people are plural
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