Somebody says: "There are a lot of things on the table."
Then, here comes the question:
What is on the table?
or
What are on the table?
Which is the right expression here? Why?
I was told that "What is on the table?" is the only correct expression, there is never such an expression as "What are on the table?" Is that true? How come?
"What is" VS "What are"
"There are things on the table!"
"What is on the table?"
"Things!"
I think that "what" is usually counted as singular unless a plural compliment is supplied, although I do think a plural is possible here, because "things" has been mentioned just before.
"There are things on the table!"
"What are on the table?"
"Things!"
Apo
"What is on the table?"
"Things!"
I think that "what" is usually counted as singular unless a plural compliment is supplied, although I do think a plural is possible here, because "things" has been mentioned just before.
"There are things on the table!"
"What are on the table?"
"Things!"
Apo
'Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination.' -Max Planck
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests