There is ___ opinions on the controversial issue about cloning.
(A)a wide range of (B)a plenty of
(C)a great deal of (D)couple of

What's the answer and why not the others?

Question

There is ___ opinions on the controversial issue about cloning.
  (A)a wide range of (B)a plenty of
  (C)a great deal of (D)couple of

What's the answer and why not the others?

Answer

Hello NoAgenda,

It is obvious why not D:a couple of ,because there are simply more than 2 opinions about this issue.

It is not also B: a plenty of ,because you can't say ' a plenty', since 'plenty' is a plural concept ,but you could say 'plenty of' and it would be correct.

C: ' a great deal of ' refers also to the existence of a lot of opinions ,but is not adequately  used with the word 'opinion' here.

Answer

Answer is A because the word "range" is singular
"There is  is a wide range of opinions on the controversial issue about cloning."

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