There is or there are family ? I am confused, because the family consists of several people in it.
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Should I use is or are in this sentence? I don't know what the difference is. As I was trying to figure it out, plural and singular came to mind. Is family plural or singular and is that a factor?   Family is very important to me. Family are very important to.
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Which is correct?     A few hundred people ...   A few hundreds of people ...   Does it make any sense without an article or A is necessary?
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I've read an article on BBC and the author wrote "there is some evidence...", but that phrase is really confusing because "some" is a plural identification but following "is". Can someone please explain this?
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Should the phrase be "one or more is...", or "one or more are..."?
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I remember that there was an idiom that describes something that doesn't happen often, but happens more than needed when it finally does.  Hypothetical scenario that could be described by such an idiom: Let's say that I spend the whole year asking for a Playstation 4. When Christmas comes around three family members offer me the same console.
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I am the third daughter (or son) of my parents.   OR      How should a question that is answered with the above sentences be framed?
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In the construction "one of the [plural noun] who ...", should the verb agree with "one" or "[plural noun]"?   For example, which of the two following sentences is grammatically correct? Or are both acceptable?        She was one of the several children who was sold at the auction    She was one of the several children who were sold at the auction.
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Brothers and sisters are siblings.  Husbands and wives are spouses.  Mothers and fathers are parents.  Sons and daughters are children.  Grandparents, grandchildren ... but what about uncles and aunts, or nieces and nephews?  In writing this, I scanned the "Similar Questions" sidebar and found that half of my question is already answered; there is no real term for nieces and nephews.  Bummer.  But I'm still wondering about aunts and uncles: does anyone know about that?
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I am having difficulty understanding which is correct as each seems to be singular and them seems to be plural.
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She has five kids. I can imagine how busy she would be.   Is the use of would be right in this sentence? What about      She has five kids. I can imagine how busy she is.   Are both correct? Do they mean different things?
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Which of the following is correct?        Each person's car has four wheels.   Each persons' car has four wheels.
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A young black American soldier leaves his home and family to cross   the ocean to put an end to the German nightmare.   I have just translated this sentence into English and I would like to know if in this context it is necessary to write the word "family" also, or if I can just write "the soldier leaves his home to cross etc." is understandable too, or even make a difference by writing "he leaves his house and family".
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Which answer is correct?       Tony _______to have children until his little daughter was born. After   she won his heart, he decided he wanted a big family.       A. didn't want.   B. hadn't wanted.   This is a multiple choice question from the Understanding and Using English Grammar Workbook 3rd edition by Betty Azar. To me, both answers are correct as I cannot see the diffrence. Please show me the wrong option to delete.
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I believe it well established that the choice of whether to use "There is" or "There are" with the phrase "a lot of" depends on the following word. For example, you would say:   There is a lot of wine. There are a lot of cars.   What is the right form to use for a pair of, a bunch of, a group of, etc.?
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The question itself is a very easy one:     Somebody has got two kids, one of whom is a girl. Then what's the probability that he's got at least one boy?   My answer is that, since he's already got a girl, then "he's got at least one boy" amounts to "the other kid is a boy", whose probability is apparently $\frac{1}{2}$. But my friends argue that the probability should be $\frac23$: they say this is a binomial distribution, all the possible cases are (girl,girl),(girl,boy),(boy,girl) which yields that the probability is two cases out of three and is thus $\frac23$. But I think this is totally unacceptable. I don't think it is a binomial distribution at all, at least not what my friends explained to me. However, I just can't disuade them of their opinion, nor can I prove that I am wrong. So what on earth is the probability? and why? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Esp. Can anybody show why my explanation is wrong? Isn't it that whether the other kid is a boy or a girl a 50/50 event?  EDIT: Thanks for all the help you provided for me, and special thanks will go to @HammyTheGreek and @KSmarts, who have made it clear to me that there is in fact some ambiguity in my statement in this problem. As is pointed in  ,two distinct interpretation of the statement "one of whom is a girl" that gives rise to ambiguity:     From all families with two children, at least one of whom is a boy, a family is chosen at random. This would yield the answer of 1/3.   From all families with two children, one child is selected at random, and the sex of that child is specified to be a boy. This would yield an answer of 1/2.
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Is the sentence "“Macaroni and cheese is on the lunch menu.” correct? I mean there 'is' is used as verb because two item means one unit. Or 'are' will be used?
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There is so much (that) is at stake for many.   Can we omit 'that' in this sentence?