I want to know which is the subject at the sentence, " there are a lot of people". "Lot" or "people"

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people - plural, so "there are a lot of people...", or "There are many people" - "lot" or "many" modifies "people"

-Suz.

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the subject is people

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"a lot of people" is the subject - it is a noun phrase

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I want to know which is the subject at the sentence, " there are a lot of people". "Lot" or "people"