A Variety Of Is or Are

Author: Bob
Updated Date 28/04/2012 13:09:18
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Did you ever wonder which one is correct: there is a variety of and there are a variety of?

Bob - 28/04/2012 15:49:35

In general, the phrase A Variety Of is used the same as a number of is used.

For example:

There are a number of reasons to globalisation.

There are a wide variety of vegetables available in this supermarket.

There are a variety of IELTS books for you to choose.

However, when you use certain modifiers along with A Variety Of, you will have to use singular verbs. For example:

Such a wide variety of IELTS books is making confusions to many students.

The same thing is applied for a number of: There is such a large number of candidates because of the advertised salary for the job.