Q:could you tell me what the number of students is in your school_英语解答

Q:could you tell me what the number of students is in your school?A:about 2000.
为什么students 后面不是are而是is

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解答

the number of 表示“···的数量”谓语动词用单数
a number of 表示“大量的”谓语动词用复数