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There is certain to be ?
Message de speedtiti posté le 30-01-2007 à 15:06:40 (S | E | F | I)
Hello,
I need help ! Could you tell me what's the meaning of :
There is certain to be a lot of people at the party.
and is-it :
There is certain to be.....
or
There are certain to be.....
Thank you !
Message de speedtiti posté le 30-01-2007 à 15:06:40 (S | E | F | I)
Hello,
I need help ! Could you tell me what's the meaning of :
There is certain to be a lot of people at the party.
and is-it :
There is certain to be.....
or
There are certain to be.....
Thank you !
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de traviskidd, postée le 30-01-2007 à 15:10:40 (S | E)
There is/are certain to be a lot of people = A lot of people are certain to be = It is certain that there will be a lot of people
Donc je dirais qu'on pourrait mettre soit "is" soit "are" sans erreur. Mais j'avoue que moi non plus je n'en suis pas sûr!
Good question!
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de juliet13, postée le 30-01-2007 à 15:27:05 (S | E)
I agree with traviskidd
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de lucile83, postée le 30-01-2007 à 15:34:19 (S | E)
Hello,
"There is certain to be a lot of people at the party."....cette phrase ne me semble pas correcte;
En français = il est certain qu'il y aura beaucoup de monde à la réception.
Je dirais :
there will be a lot of people at the party for sure
it is certain there will be a lot ....etc...
En tout cas :
there is a lot of + nom indénombrable singulier :there is a lot of smoke
there are a lot of + nom dénombrable pluriel :there are a lot of people
See you soon
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de willy, postée le 30-01-2007 à 16:54:35 (S | E)
Hello !
Je viens de trouver les exemples suivants qui sont des morceaux de phrases figurant dans des livres proposés par Google.co.uk.
Toutes ces phrases utilisent la forme "there is certain to be" :
- there is certain to be times when ...
- there is certain to be savings ...
- there is certain to be violent objections to ...
- there is certain to be some failures ...
- there is certain to be two kinds of cases ...
- there is certain to be arguments (disputes) between ...
- there is certain to be a few people that ...
- there is certain to be a dozen of cars ...
NB : ceux qui veulent mémoriser la structure peuvent compléter les exemples ci-dessus !
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Modifié par lucile83 le 30-01-2007 17:11
mais cette tournure ne me plaît toujours pas -------------------
Modifié par willy le 30-01-2007 17:23
Plaire ou ne pas plaire, is that the question ?
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de traviskidd, postée le 30-01-2007 à 22:31:05 (S | E)
Et en revanche:
- there are certain to be many more applications
- there are certain to be far fewer records
- there are certain to be additional systems
- there are certain to be counter-arguments
- there are certain to be increased operational costs
- there are certain to be more of the inevitable comparisons
- there are certain to be some errors left
- there are certain to be a proportion of addresses (
but "proportion" is singular! 
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Modifié par willy le 31-01-2007 09:04
35500 examples, indeed, on Google ! I ought to have typed that plural form too !
So, both seem to be accepted ?
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de speedtiti, postée le 31-01-2007 à 11:29:13 (S | E)
Merci pour vos réponses !
C'est vrai que cette tournure n'est pas évidente à traduire ou à utiliser...
Réponse: There is certain to be ? de traviskidd, postée le 31-01-2007 à 18:25:16 (S | E)
Yes, it seems that both forms are accepted. Like I said, I think that "is" would refer to the impersonal "it" as in "It is certain...", whereas "are" would refer to the plural noun that is mentioned.
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