text: why is 'zero' plural? for example, "there are 0 comments" not "there is 0 comment." zero is neither plural nor singular. it expresses nullity (hence, it is not singular because it's not 1; nor it is plural since it's not at least 2). saying "there are 0 comments" or "there is 0 comment" are both syntactically correct. in both sentences, 0 (zero) is just a qualifier of comment/comments, specifically as an adjective.