There is or There are ...?

Posted by R. Berg on June 05, 2004

In Reply to: There is or There are a number of problems? posted by ESC on June 05, 2004

: : Which of the above is correct or either one is fine?

: Are. "Number" is plural.

Um, well, "number" is singular, but "are" is correct.

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