Question

1. There are a lot of candies on a big plate.

2. There are a lot of candy in a big plate.

Are both correct? Candy is used both as a countable and as an uncountable noun. Which one is commonly used?

Answer 1

The first one is correct.

Because you don't have candy in a plate, you have it on a plate, and candy even though we know it is plural you would use "is"

Answer 2

1. There are a lot of candies on a big plate.

2. There are a lot of candy on a big plate.


Thank you.

Answer 3

Neither of the sentences is correct. The subject is LOT (not candy or candies).

1. There IS a lot of candies on the plate.
2. There IS a lot of candy of the plate.

The second sentence is more common because we usually consider candy as a non-countable noun.

Answer 4

Thank heaven, Ms. Sue posted the corrections needed.

Thanks!

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Answer 5

There IS a lot of candy on the plate.