" a chair and other 3 items in the room" is this correct?

[hello-marie]

There are a chair, a pillow, a TV, and a table in the room.
There are 4 items in the room.



Briefly, can I say "There a chair and other 3 items in the room"???

 

[tedmc]

There is a chair and three other items in the room.

 

[Tdol]

Are there no other items- most of these are furniture.

 

[teechar]

There are a chair, a pillow, a TV, and a table in the room.

That's wrong. Because the first item in the list is singular, you should use a singular verb (is).

There are 4 items in the room.

OK, but we tend to write out numbers ten and under (when referring to amounts/quantities) in words.

Briefly, can I say "There a chair and other 3 items in the room"?

No, because that's missing a verb!

 

[emsr2d2]

This was recently covered in some depth in another thread. Unfortunately, I can't locate that thread because the Search function won't allow me to search for "There's or there are" (which I think is what the thread was called).

 

[Rover_KE]

Also asked and answered here.