Is it two elephants?
Hello, everyone!

Today I saw a woman reading a book to children. She pointed to the picture and ask the children: how many elephants? There were three elephants in the picture, but one of the children answered: two! The woman asked then: is it two elephants? Can you count properly?
Why did she ask “is it two ...”? Is it correct? “Is” is for singular...

Thank you very much for your help!

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Is it two elephants?
Hello, everyone!

Today I saw a woman reading a book to children. She pointed to the picture and ask the children: how many elephants? There were three elephants in the picture, but one of the children answered: two! The woman asked then: is it two elephants? Can you count properly?
Why did she ask “is it two ...”? Is it correct? “Is” is for singular...

Thank you very much for your help!

Answer

"Is it(=the answer)...?"

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I looked up is in the dictionary. No wonder people get confused. All these weird terms. I been using is all my life and omg I got wrong, nah. The lady could have said are there 2 or 3 elephants or is it 2 or 3 elephants like she did and it sounds right enough for me.

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i think if she was speaking to a child she was probably trying to teach a lesson to the child to see if he or she actually knew if it were two or three elephants

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she's use "is" from speak the name of number and not valo this number. For this use singular forms. Sorry for my english, I don't speak very well, but I hope help you.

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