Timeline for Is "there're" (similar to "there's") a correct contraction?
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| Aug 29, 2017 at 3:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/902378187895832577 | ||
| Jul 28, 2017 at 23:49 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Jun 25, 2015 at 19:16 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who smile and accept prosodic rather than traditional grammatical concord. You smile and accept prosodic concord. ['For a few Dollars Fewer'] | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 11:35 | comment | added | Pacerier | @GEdgar, Any links/citations? | |
| Mar 22, 2015 at 14:51 | answer | added | Abe | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 7, 2012 at 16:58 | history | protected | user2683 | ||
| Aug 7, 2012 at 16:54 | comment | added | Dave | I am 62 and I have heard and used "there're" all my life. While "there're" looks strange on paper and dictionaries/spell checkers may not like it, I hear it used all the time. For me, the solution will be to add that naughty contraction to my spell checker's dictionary. Am replying to an email and thought that "there're" looked strange and Googled it; that's how I arrived at this site. Like what I see. Have added StackExchange.com to my "Research" tab in Firefox. | |
| Aug 4, 2012 at 1:44 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Dec 1, 2011 at 3:12 | comment | added | GEdgar | OED has two examples of there're ... one from 1938, one from 1971. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 1:35 | comment | added | Sam I Am | Interesting "Yes, there's some in the closet" sounds completely acceptable to me. I don't say "there'er." | |
| Aug 8, 2011 at 10:39 | history | edited | Thursagen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2011 at 19:26 | history | edited | Lauren | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 18, 2011 at 3:25 | comment | added | adj7388 | I have always said "there're" and know many others who do, too. | |
| Feb 17, 2011 at 20:18 | vote | accept | Michael Moussa | ||
| Feb 17, 2011 at 20:17 | vote | accept | Michael Moussa | ||
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| Feb 16, 2011 at 20:46 | comment | added | kitukwfyer | I say there're. I'm guessing most people do, but it gets slurred into plain old "there" as often as not. Add a "some" to that and it sounds like "there('s) some." | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 17:28 | answer | added | bye | timeline score: 9 | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 17:27 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | I have frequently wondered about this. I say there're too. | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 17:27 | answer | added | Jon Purdy | timeline score: 35 | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 17:27 | answer | added | RedGrittyBrick | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 17:18 | answer | added | avpaderno | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 17:06 | history | asked | Michael Moussa | CC BY-SA 2.5 |