there are a number of there are a number of The most used form seems to be ‘there are a number of things, people etc.’. However, I occasionally come across ‘there is a number of…’, which I personally find more logical, since ‘number’ is a singular noun. Any com…
there is a wide range of The main sentence is "There is a range." Then you add "wide" and "of reasons," and it shouldn't change the sentence. So the correct sentence should be: "There is a wide range of reasons."|@vz9002 : Chello is correct. You’re mistaking “reasons” as the subject when it’s part of a prepositional phrase. The subject is range which is singular
there is there are Learn how to use there is and there are to say that something exists in positive, negative and question forms. See examples, contractions, any and how many with are there
