Originally Posted by
HighFlight
Actually, no. "...were not any reading comprehension tests..." would be correct, the way you were trying to correct him. You would not say "There were not reading comprehension test". Were is used with plural subjects.
"...was no reading comprehension test..." was grammatically correct. Was is used with a singular subject.
Yep. The problem with thinking one knows everything is that one makes incorrect, corrections.