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Grammar referencea2
Agreement
There Is and There Are
Introducing that something exists.
Explanation
There is takes a singular or uncountable noun and there are takes a plural noun. The verb agrees with the noun that follows, even when a list follows, and in questions the auxiliary comes before there.
Examples
- There is a problem with the file.
- There are three options open to us.
- Is there any milk?
Common mistakes
There is three options.
There are three options.
Plural nouns take are.
There have been a problem.
There has been a problem.
Agreement follows the noun.
Has there any milk?
Is there any milk?
Be is the verb here.