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Easy! Grammar! Which one is correct? 1. The number of gun deaths in Australia IS very low. 2. The number of gun deaths in Australia ARE very low.
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Easy! Grammar!

Which one is correct?

1. The number of gun deaths in Australia IS very low.
2. The number of gun deaths in Australia ARE very low.

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Are if you say it aloud think of it in America how many times do we use is to explain past but also present situations.
User MickeyThreeSheds
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Hey there

The correct answer is number 2.
The number of gun deaths in Australia are very low.

In sentence one is means past so it is wrong.
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