在曼哈顿中有这样一个例子: Wrong:There IS a young man and an older woman at the bus stop.
Flip it!:A young man and an older woman AREthere at the bus stop.
Right: There ARE a young man and an older woman at the bus stop. 这和THERE BE 句型的就近原则有没有冲突? 例如: There is a pen and two books There are two books and a pen
manhattan的那个例子是说明一件事,就是there be句式实际上是一个把there提前的倒装句,他的谓语也就是be一定要跟主语一致,主语就是后面的a young man and an woman,那当然是要用are咯~ 而LZ所说的那种there be就近的情况只出现与“there be A or B ”的情况。