[General] There are(is) twenty days to go before.....

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jiaruchan

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There are(is) twenty days to go before the Olympics opens.

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I know we can regard Olympics as either singular or plural, but how about 'twenty days' in the above sentence? Thank you.
 

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20 days is plural of course - are.
 
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