若衹有一個(gè)主語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ)的數(shù)則取決於該主語(yǔ)的數(shù);若有幾個(gè)主語(yǔ)竝列,則通常是與靠近的主語(yǔ)保持一致。如: There is a man at the door. 門(mén)口有個(gè)人。 There are some girls in the room. 房間裡有幾個(gè)女孩。 There is a pen and some books on the desk. 桌上有一支鋼筆和一些書(shū)。 但有時(shí)說(shuō)話人先說(shuō)出了there is(was),然後才想到要用複形名詞,此時(shí)則會(huì)出現(xiàn)there is後接複數(shù)主語(yǔ)的情況。如: There's some things I can't resist. 有些事物我是不抗拒的。 There's hundreds of people on the waiting list. 登記排隊(duì)的人有好幾百。