Thread: there is a lot of people or there are a lot of people?
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Old 24-Jul-2004, 16:31
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Default Re: there is a lot of people or there are a lot of people?
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Originally Posted by charliese
Who would please explain the difference to me? Do you say there is a lot of people or there are a lot of people?Which one is correct? Only one? Both? Why? thanks :P
it should be there are. A lot of = many.

www.google.com, exact search results:

there are a lot of people - 169,000 listings.
there is a lot of people -5,880 listings.
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