Question

there ？a lot of desks and chairs in the classroom。的用前面用is还是are

Answer 1

用are ，这个是there be句型的就近原则

Answer 2

应该用 are

追答

There are a lot of desks and chairs in the
classroom. 教室里有许多课桌椅。

There be句型中的be用 is还是用are，只要看后面是单数还是复数名词就可以了。单数用 is，复数用are。

这句话中desks 是复数，所以用are。

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