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Grammar and Linguistics > Grammar - pleeeease, help :-/
Grammar - pleeeease, help :-/

lili79
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Grammar - pleeeease, help :-/
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One thousand people liveS there OR One thousand people live there ?????
I am lost here... can you help, please?�
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23 Jan 2011
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zailda
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The second is the correct option.
One person = singular
Two people, ten people, one hundred, a thousand... plural.
One thousand people live there. |
23 Jan 2011
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lili79
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Thank youuuu for such a swift help :)
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23 Jan 2011
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daisy_34
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people is a plural noun so live is the correct answer |
24 Jan 2011
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