Poll: There ____ tons of evidence to support this view
There ____ tons of evidence to support this view |
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Votes: 329
Comments: 7
Added: November 2006
Comments:
| houston - 17th December 2006 14:46 |
| The correct response is "is" not "are". "Evidence" is the noun not "tons". |
| Jasur - 20th December 2006 07:11 |
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| Helbert - 26th May 2008 02:11 |
| houston is right. We say "There is lots of sugar in this" not "There ARE lots of sugar in this" ; ) |
| mohamed - 22nd August 2008 15:30 |
| I agree with the first comments. the veb has to be is it because evidence the main object of the sentece not tons |
| Vidableek@ - 10th October 2008 16:56 |
| Well, it still sounds correct to use are, because "tons" seems like the noun. Remove "of evidence" from the sentence and you see why it seems right to use "are". Could it be that the noun in this sentence is "tons of evidence", which would therefore make it plural and make "are" the correct word? |
| Lucero - 28th November 2008 05:08 |
| Are is teh correct answer because the noun is in plural "tons" |
| crclee - 4th December 2009 19:39 |
| If we change the sentence to the following which answer is correct? There is / are a great deal of evidence to support this view. I would think everyone would agree that "is" is the correct choice. This should prove that "tons of" is functioning as a modifier and is, therefore, not the object and can safely be ignored when choosing the correct verb. |
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