Asked by John
1. The balls under the desk are some.
2. There are some balls on the desk.
(#2 is correct, right? What about #1? Is it OK?)
2. There are some balls on the desk.
(#2 is correct, right? What about #1? Is it OK?)
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Answered by
drwls
#2 is correct grammar. #1 is not.
The articles "a", "some" and "the", occuring all alone, should never follow a form of the verb "to be". Such a statement conveys no information at all.
The articles "a", "some" and "the", occuring all alone, should never follow a form of the verb "to be". Such a statement conveys no information at all.
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