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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
- Adverb placement: There is still vs. there still is
I believe the following sentences are grammatically correct and that perhaps the latter has an emphasizing effect on still in certain contexts There is still some time left There still is some t
- 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 (
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- There is are more than one. Whats the difference?
At least one grammar forum out there has discussed the cat-skinning example with a conclusion that agrees with Wanda and Hydrangea below: use "there is more than one" because "is" goes with "one", whether it's one book, one species, one way There are plenty of results for "are more than one [thing]", though usually less than the "is" version, so perhaps some speakers don't follow this rule
- Whats the origin of the saying, Theres no accounting for taste?
I hear it all the time in arguments over subjective judgements: There's no accounting for taste Where does this saying come from? Is it a quote or old proverb?
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