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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Theres no point + gerund vs theres no point in + gerund
I've noticed that both are used though "point in" is seemingly far more prevalent Is there any difference or it's down to one's preferences? E g There's no point in talking to you vs
- 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
- terminology - What do you call one who believes in a higher power but . . .
What do you call a person who believes in a higher power but doesn't call that higher power "God"? Someone who respects every religion as a subject of study, or a valid belief system, but does not
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