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People Funeral Plural Noun Takes Verb Kind

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Keyword people
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence There was few people at the funeral.
Correct Sentence There were few people at the funeral.
Cloze Error Sentence There [[was]] few people at the funeral.
Cloze Sentence There [[were]] few people at the funeral.
Cloze Answer were
Choices was | were
Explanation

People is a plural noun and takes a plural verb: 'People have been very kind to me.'

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