There is, There are
Can we use constuction 'There is' and 'There are' with uncountable objects?
For example i want to say that there much water. Is it posible to use such sentence: 'There are water all over the floor' or we should use just 'There'?

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если неисчисляемые в ед числе, то There is some water on the floor
а если неисчисляемые в множественном, то There are my jeans on the chair.

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You want to use the singular “there is” with uncountable nouns.

There is water ...
There is electricity...
There is luggage...
There is advice ...

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Thanks everyone

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"Are" is the plural form of "be" and can't be used with an uncountable noun. The correct sentence is therefore, "There is/there's (much) water..."

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yes. but only "there is" can be used, since they are uncountable nouns, so that plural isn't applied to them.

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