there is / there are

the correct answer for an Exercise of There is / there are

exercise number 17 it say taht the right answer is:

there aren`t enough police on the streets

I woul say that the right answwr is there isn`t becausethe noun " police" is uncountable

can you explain it to me please

Jeannette

[Anglika]

"Police" generally takes a plural verb.

See here [from post #6 onwards] for a discussion of this point: http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...gregation.html

[btags]

A single "police" would usually be referred to as a policeman or policewoman.