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Sat 25 Oct, 2014 11:44 am
I need to know whether the sentences "There is a book and a pen" and "This is my mum and dad" are correct and, if so, the subject verb agreement rule that leads to the use of "is" instead of "are" in those sentences.
@Ruwayda,
It saves saying, "There is a book, and there is a pen." Also, "This is my mum, and this is my dad."
@cicerone imposter,
Thank you for answering me quickly, so can we also say, "There are a book and a pen" and "These are my mum and dad"?
@Ruwayda,
Yes, but I can't say I'm 100% positive...but I think of it this way... it's kind of expressing a condition or a statement about a collection:
"There are a book and a pen (on the table)."
and
"These (people) are my mum and dad."
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