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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 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
- grammar - Is there versus Are there - English Language Usage . . .
Are there any questions I should be asking? Is there any articles available on the subject? My instinct is that in the two questions above, it should be 'are' as the subjects of the sentences (
- grammatical number - There are so many vs. There is so many . . .
There are so many questions on this website There is so many questions on this website The former quot;sounds right, quot; but the contracted form of the latter does as well: There's so many
- contractions - There isnt vs. theres not - English Language . . .
To be fair to the O P , an Ngram shows "there isn't" seems to be preferred over "there's not," so there might be some merit to the assertion that one seems more awkward than the other in certain situations But I stand by my answer: there are times when either would beg for improvement, and other situations where either works just fine
- There is no place like has two meanings
If there is no place like X, what exactly is X? Your first meaning would be the one assumed to be understood, unless context ( 'Don't be silly! There is no place like Mordor ') demanded otherwise
- 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
- 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?
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