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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
- Idiom for bad attached with good - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
All that glitters is not gold This fits relatively well, "Barack Obama says nuclear energy may very well be able to facilitate immortality, but, unfortunately, all that glitters is not gold: Ironically the very same (experimental) treatment is known to cause an ailment, for which the only cure is death, in any untreated individual who comes within 500 feet of a patient on the regimen " Also
- Should it be there is a total of 378 vehicles or there are a total . . .
In my idiolect it should be "is," because "of 378 vehicles" modifies "total," which is the complement of the verb But many people seem to see "a total of" as a modifier of "378 vehicles," so they see "378 vehicles" as the complement of the verb and say "are " Consult your favorite style guide; it ought to weigh in one way or another on this question
- Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
There are many versions of this proverb, which suggests there are always several ways to do something The earliest printed citation of this proverbial saying that I can find is in a short story by the American humorist Seba Smith - The Money Diggers, 1840: "There are more ways than one to skin a cat," so are there more ways than one of digging for money Charles Kingsley used one old British
- Proper address for married couple when husband is a Jr
I have been unable to find a complete answer to my question in any source I have consulted I want to make a donation in memory of my deceased parents I would like to use both of their first name
- Can you say in there? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I find it curious that "there" is not defined, in at least some senses, as a pronoun, as one can very often substitute "it" with little change in meaning and no change in sentence structure But as to using an adverb with a preposition, Oxford gives the example of I'm not going in there—it's freezing, and claims that the word is an adverb in that sense
- 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?
- Which is the right There seem seems to be?
Depending on noun here the correct option is There seem to be two main causes of long-distance relationships If the sentence had singular noun, "seem" would be used There seems to be one cause of long-distance relationships
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