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WesternAmerican Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Look at this dialogue
Soldier #1 : We launched two missiles.
Soldier #2 : Two? There is two of them?
Compare it with:
Soldier #1 : We launched two missiles.
Soldier #2: Two? There are two of them?
There's two of them, or there are two of them?
Soldier #2 : Two? There is two of them?
Compare it with:
Soldier #1 : We launched two missiles.
Soldier #2: Two? There are two of them?
There's two of them, or there are two of them?
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I think you'll find another thread or two on this topic, WA-- but I can never relocate threads, so I will just ultra-summarize my view: There are two is the way we would write it, of course, but there's is so much easier to say than there're that we often do so.
- I think you'll find another thread or two on this topic, WA-- but I can never relocate threads, so I will just ultra-summarize my view: There are two is the way we would write it, of course, but there's is so much easier to say than there're that we often do so.
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I think you'll find another thread or two on this topic, WA-- but I can never relocate threads, so I will just ultra-summarize my view:
There are two is the way we would write it, of course, but there's is so much easier to say than there're that we often do so.
There are two is the way we would write it, of course, but there's is so much easier to say than there're that we often do so.
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