there is/are (ada)

Posted by Pak Guru on March 5th, 2016 | 0 comments | ada, grammar, IELTS, Indo English, Part 3, speaking, Task 1, Task 2, writing

In Australia there are many women receive the same salary as men.

 A common mistake made by Indonesians is to include the ‘introductory subject’ (there is/there are) as well as another subject, before the verb in a sentence.This might be possible in Bahasa Indonesia, but in English you must choose either this:

• In Australia many women receive the same salary as men.
  (subject: many women)

..or this:

• In Australia there are many women who receive the same salary as men.
  (subject: there are)

 Next time your head is telling you ‘ada..‘, stop and ask yourself whether you really need to use there is/there are. If you already have a subject, don’t use there is/there are!