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Grammar - pleeeease, help :-/



lili79
Czech Republic

Grammar - pleeeease, help :-/
 


One thousand people liveS there OR

One thousand people live there ?????


I am lost here... can you help, please?�

23 Jan 2011      





zailda
Brazil

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     



lili79
Czech Republic

Thank youuuu for such a swift help :)

23 Jan 2011     



daisy_34
Turkey

people is a plural noun so live is the correct answer

24 Jan 2011