There is a ton of people or there are a ton of people.

[effect3]

Hello.
Which form is correct in the examples below?
Do we say
1. "There is a ton of people in the street.
2."There are a ton of people in the street"?
I'll appreciate your help.

 

[probus]

Only 2 is grammatically correct, but you'll often hear or see 1. I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I often use "there is" when I should use "there are".

 

[Rover_KE]

More colloquial would be “There’s a ton of people in the street’.