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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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There's going to be a lot of people tomorrow.

There are going to be a lot of people tomorrow.

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Based on the model "A lot of people are going to be there tomorrow", it should be "There are going to be a lot of people tomorrow". Nevertheless, when inverted in the "there" construction, the noun nearest the verb is "lot", so you will also hear "There's going to be a lot of people tomorrow" quite often. So I'd say that both are correct, but the second one you cited is "more correct".

— CalifJim

  • Based on the model "A lot of people are going to be there tomorrow", it should be "There are going to be a lot of people tomorrow".
  • Nevertheless, when inverted in the "there" construction, the noun nearest the verb is "lot", so you will also hear "There's going to be a lot of people tomorrow" quite often.
  • So I'd say that both are correct, but the second one you cited is "more correct".
  • CJ
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Based on the model "A lot of people are going to be there tomorrow", it should be "There are going to be a lot of people tomorrow".

Nevertheless, when inverted in the "there" construction, the noun nearest the verb is "lot", so you will also hear "There's going to be a lot of people tomorrow" quite often.

So I'd say that both are correct, but the second one you cited is "more co
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