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- “There’s” or “There are”? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Possibly Related: “There are so many” vs “There is so many” There is are one or several apple ~s? “Is there” versus “Are there” “There is are more than one” What's the difference? Should I say “there is a handful of…” or “there are a handful of…”? Is “there're” (similar to “there's”) a correct contraction? Which is correct: “There are not any
- Is ‘There is no there there’ a normal and very natural expression?
Though spell-checker keeps demanding me to delete one of three theres there from the text I’m typing in, I don’t think there’s any grammatical problem with this line However, it makes me hiccup for unknown reason Is this just a pun of words played by the writer? Is it 'cool' or a very normal and natural expression?
- Is therere (similar to theres) a correct contraction?
There're is common in speech, at least in certain dialects, but you'll rarely see it written If I were being pedantic, I'd advise you to use there are in your example, because there is is definitely wrong, so there's could be considered wrong as well But a huge number of English speakers, even those that are well-educated, use there's universally, regardless of the number of the noun in
- There is no place like has two meanings
To answer your original question, it means the same as your first interpretation, and cannot be misunderstood to mean the second one because "there is no such place like X" is not a phrasing used in English The correct phrase to indicate that X doesn't exist would be "there is no such place as X"
- phrasing - OK to use two theres in a sentence? - English Language . . .
A teacher once told me that it is improper to use two there words in a sentence, such as There is a woman there or Is there a man there? and instead state A woman is there or Is a man the
- What does whats the catch mean? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The definition of catch in such a context as this is: a hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation according to the New Oxford American Dictionary Examples of common usage: OK, I've seen all the benefits, but what's the catch? This sounds too good to be true There's a catch, isn't there? Aha, triple interest rates! So, there's the catch! There's always a catch Nothing's
- expressions - Early use of theres always a bigger fish - English . . .
The old fisherman's proverb popularized by Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace has a history of uses in literal contexts (fishing), however after the release of Phantom Menace the metaphorical use of the
- There is are more than one. Whats the difference?
At least one grammar forum out there has discussed the cat-skinning example with a conclusion that agrees with Wanda and Hydrangea below: use "there is more than one" because "is" goes with "one", whether it's one book, one species, one way There are plenty of results for "are more than one [thing]", though usually less than the "is" version, so perhaps some speakers don't follow this rule
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