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Piano aqua 882 Posted 6 years ago
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There are two sides to a coin vs there's 2 sides to a coin.
How are they different? Why do some native speakers use "there's" with plural?
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piano aqua 882 How are they different? "There are" is correct, and "there's" is informal. piano aqua 882 Why do some native speakers use "there's" with plural?
- piano aqua 882 How are they different?
- "There are" is correct, and "there's" is informal.
- piano aqua 882 Why do some native speakers use "there's" with plural?
- Because it's hard to say "there're", that's all.
- "There's" is common in casual speech, but that is not to say that "there are" sounds formal at all.
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piano aqua 882How are they different?
"There are" is correct, and "there's" is informal.
piano aqua 882Why do some native speakers use "there's" with plural?
Because it's hard to say "there're", that's all. "There's" is common in casual speech, but that is not to say that "there are" sounds formal at all. I would p
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One focuses on the two opposite sides.
The other focuses on the one coin.
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