Question

there are 是不是后面跟复数，there is后面跟单数？

帮我看下这个例子吧 there is some milk in the cup 这个地方为什么用is ，some代表的是复数啊，应该是there are 啊，怎么是there is呢？
还有一个 there is some water in the bottle. 为什么这个地方也是用的is
知道的帮我讲一下吧，谢谢了

Answer 1

there is some milk in the cup 和there is some water in the bottle.
milk和water这两个都是液体，都是不可数名词，前面可以用some，但是be动词必须用单数is
总之there are后面跟复数，there is后面跟单数或者不可数名词。

Answer 2

如果是“可数名词”，there are 后面的确跟复数。
不可数名词则一律用 there is 来引导

water 和 milk 都不可数。

如果是 apple 或 orange 这种就可数了：

There is an apple on the table.
There are some apples on the table.

Answer 3

``````milk和water都是不可数名词，所以用单数。
there are some apples/bananas/trees~~~等可数名词用复数。

Answer 4

there be 句型都是就近原则
milk、water是不可数名词所以用is some+可数、不可数，所以可以用is