User talk:Lola Lazerface
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[edit] "There is a lot/number of things" vs. "There are"
A quick google only turns up people saying that it's "there are", not "there is". Where do you get that it's "there is"? Nullahnung (talk) 10:42, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
- Like I said, singular v.s. plural -- ("there is a number" versus "there are a number"). Mind you that the technically wrong form is so ubiquitous that I'll not raise any contest if you insist you want it to be "are". Lola Lazerface (talk) 04:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
- There is a difference between "there is a lot of competition" and "there are a lot of sharks". Similarly, you would say "there is a handful of water" and "there are a handful of donuts" It appears the deciding word for plural/singular is not 'lot' or 'number' or 'handful', but rather what comes after. I know it goes against a good sense of grammatical structure, but I've long since accepted that English is one of the weirdest languages out there. Nullahnung (talk) 10:36, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, I think this is enlightening: [1]
- Let me ask you this. Would you ever say "A few of us is hungry"? Do you consider that to be a different case to "Hungry people. There is a few of us"? If so, why?
- My personal conclusion is that English is weird and there is no solution to this dilemma. Nullahnung (talk) 10:51, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
- English is indeed weird, and that's why I like to stick with the SINGULAR = IS thing even when it's counter-intuitive. And so should you... for language! Lola Lazerface (talk) 09:47, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- There is a difference between "there is a lot of competition" and "there are a lot of sharks". Similarly, you would say "there is a handful of water" and "there are a handful of donuts" It appears the deciding word for plural/singular is not 'lot' or 'number' or 'handful', but rather what comes after. I know it goes against a good sense of grammatical structure, but I've long since accepted that English is one of the weirdest languages out there. Nullahnung (talk) 10:36, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
- Like I said, singular v.s. plural -- ("there is a number" versus "there are a number"). Mind you that the technically wrong form is so ubiquitous that I'll not raise any contest if you insist you want it to be "are". Lola Lazerface (talk) 04:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
[edit] If you want to discuss anything with RW's users...
...the appropriate venue is RationalWiki:Saloon bar, not Talk:Main Page. Also, you seem to have removed content from your talk page without moving it to an archive page. I suggest you fix that - people here don't look kindly on removing talk page posts.--ZooGuard (talk) 19:30, 18 December 2014 (UTC)