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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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There's lots more

There's lots more flowers in his garden.

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There are lots more flowers in his garden

Which is correct?
  

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Hi, if you want a prescriptive answer because you are going to take a test, then the answer is "avoid using there's ". If you are just learning English the way it should be learned, let's say "there's" is commonly used that way in speech. Actually...

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  • Hi, if you want a prescriptive answer because you are going to take a test, then the answer is "avoid using there's ".
  • If you are just learning English the way it should be learned, let's say "there's" is commonly used that way in speech.
  • Actually...
  • Well, I don't now much about English yet, but I'm starting to listen a little more, and I think I hear "there's + plural" much more often than "there are + plural", and if I'm not mistaken I also hear newscasters use it pretty often.
  • If that's true, then I think "there's + plural" should be accepted on tests too...
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Hi,
if you want a prescriptive answer because you are going to take a test, then the answer is "avoid using there's". If you are just learning English the way it should be learned, let's say "there's" is commonly used that way in speech. Actually... Well, I don't now much about English yet, but I'm starting to listen a little more, and I think I hear "there's + plural" much more often
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AnonymousThere's lots more flowers in his garden.

There are lots more flowers in his garden

There are lots more flowers in his garden.
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