To: Iron Munro
Shouldn’t it be “ARE(not is) there a shortage of Used Cars”?
15 posted on
05/19/2011 9:54:17 AM PDT by
US Navy Vet
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To: US Navy Vet
Shouldn’t it be “ARE(not is) there a shortage of Used Cars”?No. There is a shortage, there are shortages. The shortage is the subject, not the used cars.
24 posted on
05/19/2011 10:00:41 AM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
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To: US Navy Vet
No. “Shortage” is singular.
One would only use the plural “are” if the sentence were expressed “are there shortages of used cars”.
BTW, it is arguably incorrect and certainly unconventional to capitalize used cars.
To: US Navy Vet
Shouldn’t it be “ARE(not is) there a shortage of Used Cars”?It warms my heart that anyone cares about grammar! The answer to your question is no: the subject of the title is "shortage," not "cars," so "is" is correct.
To: US Navy Vet
Dunno, isn’t shortage singular?
58 posted on
05/19/2011 10:36:26 AM PDT by
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