2007-02-19 22:40:15 · 5 answers · asked by Betty O 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
There was a million dollars misplaced or There were millions of dollars misplaced...
2007-02-19 22:44:30 · answer #1 · answered by chsbaseball0313 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer:
There was a million dollars misplaced.
2007-02-19 22:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by momof467309 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither is good and the second option (were) is wrong.
It should be " A million dollars was misplaced."
Think about it. You would never say "There were a million dollars in my account."
2007-02-19 22:51:03 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was is correct. The "a" is the deciding factor. When you're talking about two or three million dollars, the verb is "were" but because the "a"
is there, you're actually talking about a unit of dollars, in this case one million.
2007-02-19 22:46:52 · answer #4 · answered by Holly R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There WERE a million dollars misplaced....
Read it this way: There were dollars misplaced...OR
There was dollars misplaced.
And ...she ain't no English teacher LOL
2007-02-19 22:47:20 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋