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Fri 8 Mar, 2013 12:10 am
How do I determine if I should be using "is" or "are" when there are two nouns in the sentence? I've been using them based on the main noun. In this case, the main noun happened to be the subject. My original sentence reads: "There are an abundance of careers in the banking industry." I chose are to go with careers, the main noun and subject. It was marked incorrect, stating that are should be is because abundance is a singular noun. Can someone help me so that I can stop making this mistake?
@atlcharm,
Just determine the subject, and use that noun to determine whether to use a singular or plural verb.
"There are an abundance of careers in the banking industry."
You got the article right. An abundance is a singular thing. What went wrong?
@contrex,
I see what you mean with the "an." I definitely would have put "is" if I realized that. I was focusing on careers as the noun/subject, not abundance. Careers is plural. I guess I just need to be more careful.
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