"here are" or "here is"

[trueheart_205]

Shoud I say "here are" or "here is" or it depends on something else( the object considered)?
Such as I say:
"Here are some pens"
"Here is some pens"
"Here is a pen"
Which is wrong?
Thanks!

 

[bhaisahab]

Shoud I say "here are" or "here is" or it depends on something else( the object considered)?
Such as I say:
"Here are some pens"
"Here is some pens"
"Here is a pen"
Which is wrong?
Thanks!

"Here is some pens" is wrong.

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, it depends on the object. Here is "one thing." Here are "plural things."

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Hello, Trueheart:

It might help you to remember that in such sentences, the word "here" is something like "there."

Just as you would say:

There is a book; there are books.


So, too, do you say:

Here is a book; Here are books.