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10 questions linked to/from There is (there's) vs.There are
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Why don't X and Y make a plural subject in "There is X and Y? [duplicate]
Subjects usually agree with verbs and series of nouns usually make a plural subject as far as I know. Thus in sentences like "A book, two pencils and a pen are lying on the table." we use are and not ...
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"There are" or "there is"? [duplicate]
"There are Mary and Nat"
"There's Mary and Nat"
Which sentence is correct and why?
Thanks in advance!
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Is "there're" (similar to "there's") a correct contraction?
Q: "Do you have any juice?"
A: "Yes, there's some in the fridge."
Sounds perfectly fine to me, but:
Q: "Do you have any towels?"
A: "Yes, there's some in the closet."
Does not.
I asked for ...
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"How's things?" or "How are things?"
In a short interview where people were introducing themselves I saw something that grammatically sounds erroneous. Is the use of How's things instead of How're things a kind of expression or a simple ...
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Using "there're" to abbreviate "there are" [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is “there're” (similar to “there's”) a correct contraction?
Since using there's for a plural object would be incorrect, would it be possible to ...
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"There is" vs. "there are" when contracted [duplicate]
Unless I am mistaken, when referring to a single thing or entity, one can say there is or there's (the contraction of the same). When referring to more than one of something, the correct wording is ...
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"What are missing" vs "what is missing"
I was about to write that several things were missing, when I realized that I wasn't sure if I should say
What is missing are connections
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What are missing are connections
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"There's too many numbers" vs "There are too many numbers" [duplicate]
When people use plural nouns after the word "there's", for example:
There's too many numbers.
it makes me a bit frustrated. I try to correct it by using "There are," but it still happens sometimes ...
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"There is" and "there's" used before a plural word [duplicate]
I was just wondering how can you use "there is" followed by a word that is in plural, e.g
"There's cupcakes in the fridge"
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"There is a couple of things we can do --"
Is it just slang?
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Why I have heard people say There's two cars? [duplicate]
Why I have heard people say either There's two cars which I thought it should be There are two cars.
Or 's has some special meaning to it?
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