subject verb agreement - "If there is any" vs "If there are any"

Are they all correct? Can I ever use if there is any with singular countable nouns? Please let me know if there is any problem. Please ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "Ifthereisany"vs"Ifthereareany" AskQuestion Asked 3years,5monthsago Modified 1yearago Viewed 117ktimes 5 2 ShouldIuse"ifthereisany"or"ifthereareany"inthefollowingsentences?Aretheyallcorrect?CanIeveruse ifthereisany withsingularcountablenouns?  Pleaseletmeknowif thereisanyproblem. Pleaseletmeknowif thereareanyproblems. Ifthereisanybook thatisbetterthanyours,itisthisone. Ifthereareanybooks thatarebetterthanyours,itisthisone. Ifthereisanyscooterorbike parkedinfrontmydoor,Iwillthrowitaway. Ifthereareanyscootersorbikesparkedinfrontmydoor,Iwillthrowthemaway. subject-verb-agreement Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJan26,2019at18:19 subhajitdalal askedJan26,2019at13:08 subhajitdalalsubhajitdalal 65044goldbadges1616silverbadges2626bronzebadges 2 Yourfirst,second,third,andsixthsentencesareallnaturalsentencesinEnglish.(Exceptyoushouldusetheminthesixth.) – PeterShor Jan26,2019at14:43 Related:"Any"followedbysingularorpluralcountablenouns? – Rykara Jan26,2019at19:34 Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 5 LikemostadjectivesinEnglish,"any"doesnothaveagrammaticalnumber. Itworkswithcountablysingularnouns. Itworkswithuncountablysingularnouns. Itworkswithpluralnouns.  Thepronouns"it"and"them",however,dohavegrammaticalnumber. Thepronouns"he","she"and"it"areallsingular. Thepronoun"them"isplural.*   Pleaseletmeknowifthereisanyproblem.   Pleaseletmeknowifthereareanyproblems. Thesesentenceswork. Inthefirst,theform"is"agreeswithitssingularsubject. Inthesecond,theform"are"agreeswithitspluralsubject.      Ifthereisanyscooterorbikeparkedinfrontmydoor,Iwillthrowitaway.   Ifthereareanyscootersorbikesparkedinfrontmydoor,Iwillthrowthemaway. Bothofthesesentenceswork. The"it"referstothesingular"anyscooterorbike". The"them"referstotheplural"anyscootersorbikes".      Ifthereisanybookthatisbetterthanyours,itisthisone.  * Ifthereareanybooksthatarebetterthanyours,itisthisone.  Thereisaproblemwiththesecondsentenceofthispair. Inthefirst,"anybook"issingular,andthepronoun"it"referstothisantecedent. Inthesecond,"anybooks"isplural,but"thisone"issingular. Thepronoun"it"hasnoclearantecedent,butwehavereasontousesomesingularform. Onewaytofixtheproblemistouseadifferentpronoun:   Ifthereareanybooksthatarebetterthanyours,thisisone. Ofcourse,anotherwaytofixtheproblemistosimplyusethefirstversionofthesentence. It'seasiertokeepgrammaticalnumberinagreementwhenonlyonenumberisrelevant.  _______________  * Theuseof"they","them"and"their"torepresentasingularpersonwithoutreferencetogenderisgainingpopularity. Evenso,westilluse"it"forsingularthingsand"they"formpluralthings. Theso-calledsingulartheyonlyworksforpeople. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan26,2019at19:57 GaryBotnovcanGaryBotnovcan 13.1k1717silverbadges3535bronzebadges 4 Thisanswerisincorrect.anyisonlyfollowedbyuncountable(withis)orpluralcountablenouns(withare). – Alexis Jun15at13:33 Ifso,Alexis,thenhowdoyouexplaincommonformationslike"anyone"and"anything"? – GaryBotnovcan Jun20at10:25 dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/anyEnglishisonlymy3rdlanguage,maybeit'susualbutdoesn'tseemtobegrammaticallycorrectlookingatlotsofwebsites.anyone/anyoneandanything/anythingaredifferent(indef.pronounvsadjectivephrase)andaren'tinterchangeable. – Alexis Jun20at13:30 Perhapsdistinctnow,butwhenformed?Andregardless,yousurelyrecognizethatonesandthingsarecountable,andyou'vejustrecountedthatthosephraseshavecurrency. – GaryBotnovcan Jun25at6:05 Addacomment  |  0 Yourexamplesaren'twrong,butwewouldgenerallytakethesingularversionofthesesentencesandsimplifythemwiththearticle"a"likethis: Pleaseletmeknowifthereisaproblem. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan26,2019at19:33 RykaraRykara 1,98733silverbadges1111bronzebadges 1 that'swrong,problemisacountablenoun. – Alexis Jun20at13:28 Addacomment  |  0 Iprefertosay"letmeknowifthereisanyissue",thisassumesmydeliverable(s)hasnoissueandingoodquality.Ifeelwrongtosay"letmeknowifthereareanyissues",thisstatementtomeimpliescontactmewhentherearemorethanoneissue.MaybeIamjustsillytothinkthatway.:) Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredNov7,2019at16:01 SomeoneworkinginITSomeoneworkinginIT 1 1 that'salsowrong,issueisacountablenoun – Alexis Jun20at13:28 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedsubject-verb-agreement. 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