Is 'c'è' or 'ci sono' used with "un sacco di"?
Is it correct to use 'c'è' or 'ci sono' with the idiomatic 'un sacco di'?I have heard the expression 'ci sono un sacco di belle ragazze / bei ragazzi qui a Roma'. This struck me as odd that the person didn't make the verb agree with the singular "bag / sack" instead of the plural *ragazze / ragazzi*What should the verb *esserci* agree with: the *sacco* or the *ragazze*?
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The verb agrees with "ragazzi, ragazze". Le ragazze sono un sacco, ci sono un sacco di ragazze, c'è un sacco di gente (because 'gente' is a singular, altough including more than one person). "Un sacco di" means "a lot of", not "a bag". Though, I could say "C'è un sacco." (there is a bag) or " ci sono sacchi" (there are bags).
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Jesse L.
"Ci sono" is correct, because you are referring to a plural number of things. Sorry for the informality, but an equivalent in English would be "there are a shiltoad of people at this concert" :)05/12/20