There was(were)not enough people to do something

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There was(were)not enough people to do something
请问在not people前面was或者were有区别吗?
有没有用法限制?

was,were应该是都可以,但是was比较强调差那么一个人,而were则体现出差几个人.一般情况下用were较多,除非很肯定,或者让别人明白就差一个人就用was.