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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Concord: there's/there are + plural noun
Native English speakers, going from intuition, which form would you say is more common in both the formal and informal register?
There's hardly any apples in the fridge.
There are hardly any apples in the fridge.
There's hardly any apples in the fridge.
There are hardly any apples in the fridge.
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". The question of which is statistically more common in informal usage involves some tricky issues of definition and sampling, but on balance, in my part of the world, I'd guess that "There's" is more common.
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- The question of which is statistically more common in informal usage involves some tricky issues of definition and sampling, but on balance, in my part of the world, I'd guess that "There's" is more common.
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Formal usage would always be "There are..."
Informal usage is often "There's...". The question of which is statistically more common in informal usage involves some tricky issues of definition and sampling, but on balance, in my part of the world, I'd guess that "There's" is more common.
Informal usage is often "There's...". The question of which is statistically more common in informal usage involves some tricky issues of definition and sampling, but on balance, in my part of the world, I'd guess that "There's" is more common.
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