What is the difference between "is there any" and "are there any"?
Are these sentences all correct?
- Is there any update?
- Are there any updates?
- If there is any problem, please let me know.
- If there are any questions, please let me know.
If they are all correct, what is the difference?
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They are all correct.
"is there" = singlar subject.
"are there" = plural subject.
(But I think you've got that figured out)
A native speaker would prefer the plural "are there" versions of both examples. I don't know of any special reason why, though.
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