33i Make verbs agree with subjects that follow verbs.

In English, verbs usually follow subjects. When this order is reversed, make the verb agree with the subject, not with a noun that precedes it.

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The subject is silos; it is plural, so the verb must be stand.

In sentences beginning with there is or there are (or there was or were), there serves only as an introductory word; the subject follows the verb.

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