quick grammar check
Hi all, do I say There is a beautiful butterfly and a bird. or There are a beatiful butterfly and a bird.
Am I right to assume it's the latter, cause it's 2 things so need to use are?
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They have different meanings.
"There is a beautiful butterfly and a bird" means that there is a beautiful butterfly; by the way, there's also a bird (but not necessarily beautiful).
"There are a beautiful butterfly and bird (in my garden)" means both are beautiful (and I would omit the second "a").