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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

There is some left

There is some left at the back.

Some here mean some copies of the handout used in classroom.

I don't know why be-verb is not are but 'is' in the sentence.

ex) There are three books on the table.

There is a book on the table.

Doesn't 'some' imply more than 1? So the verb should be are?
  

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moon7296 There is some left at the back. Some here means some copies of the handout used in classroom. It should be "There are some (copies) left at the back (of the room)".

— CalifJim

  • moon7296 There is some left at the back.
  • Some here means some copies of the handout used in classroom.
  • It should be "There are some (copies) left at the back (of the room)".
  • moon7296 I don't know why be-verb is not are but 'is' in the sentence.
  • In casual speech, there is , more frequently there's , often substitutes for there are .
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moon7296There is some left at the back.
Some here means some copies of the handout used in classroom.
It should be "There are some (copies) left at the back (of the room)".
moon7296I don't know why be-verb is not are but 'is' in the sentence.
In casual speech, there is, more frequently there's
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Thank you for your answer.

Yeah, actually, the sentence is printed 'There's some left at the back'

You said 'more frequently there's, often substitutes for there are.'

You mean 'is' should be are but when 'there is' is contracted to there's ,'s' often refers to are; because there're is longer than there's ? -.-;;
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moon7296You mean 'is' should be are but when 'there is' is contracted to there's ,'s' often refers to are; because there're is longer than there's ?
No. Not exactly. It has nothing to do with the length of the words. Even so, you very rarely see there're.

there's is a contraction for there is in all cases, but for some
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That's a big help!! I suspect that others around me may not answers clearly like youEmotion: smile

Thank you a lot!
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