There is/are $110 on the ground.

Question

There is/are $110 on the ground.

Answer 1

用 are 是錯的。
用 is 才是正確。


Dollars 用作表示「多少元」時，雖是複數但要用單數動詞，如：

1. Five dollars is a lot of money. 五元是很多錢。

2. To the billionaire, a hundred thousand dollars is small change. 對那億萬富翁來說，十萬元不過九牛一毛。

3. The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, has said that a billion dollars is needed right now to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. 聯合國秘書長安南說現在需要十億元去救助印度洋海嘯的災民。


1. http://education.atnext.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Article.View&articleID=5737603&issueID=20060315
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2005/01/050107_un_tsunami.shtml
3. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslsubverb.html


但當 Dollars 用作表示貨幣單位 (如美元及港元皆叫做 Dollar) 時則應配複數名詞，如：

1. Dollars are often used instead of rubles in Russia. 在俄羅斯常用的貨幣是美元不是盧布。

2. Experts say dollars are relatively easy to forge. 專家說美鈔很容易偽造。


1. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/599/01/
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/news/words/business/010330.shtml


當時，你可以說 There are two hundred-dollar notes there ，句中的 Notes 就要配複數動詞。

Answer 2

There is/are $110 on the ground.

There are $110 on the floor 才對.

Answer 3

There are

Answer 4

There are $110 on the ground. = There are one hundred and
ten DOLLARS on the ground.