optimistic pessimist
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2008
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- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
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- Japan
Dear all,
1. There are no traffic lights on the road.
2. There is no traffic lights on the road.
I think #1 is grammatically correct because the subject(traffic lights) is plural.
However, I sometimes see counter-examples such as "there is a lot of..." , "Imagine there's no countries (by John Lennon)", etc.
Does that mean it doesn't matter whether you use are or is in reality?
Thank you!
OP
1. There are no traffic lights on the road.
2. There is no traffic lights on the road.
I think #1 is grammatically correct because the subject(traffic lights) is plural.
However, I sometimes see counter-examples such as "there is a lot of..." , "Imagine there's no countries (by John Lennon)", etc.
Does that mean it doesn't matter whether you use are or is in reality?
Thank you!
OP