English Grammar Lesson : Difference Between "A Number Of" AND "The Number Of"

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What’s the Difference Between "A Number Of" and "The Number Of"?

A few weeks ago, Rachna read through a pile of comments debating over the usage of Grammar in the article posted on the blog.

The sentence posted in the article : "Over the past few years, there have been a growing number of both peaceful and violent protests."

Readers were confused and wanted to know if "…there have been a growing number of…" was correct. Shouldn’t it be "…there has been a growing number of…"?

This is a question that commonly confuses many ESL students! The problem is that the subject-verb agreement is different for the expressions "a number of" and "the number of."

In this lesson Rachna explains what should be the correct sentence - After watching the video, I hope that clears things up for you! I hope that the number of questions they have about these expressions is now zero.

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