There's/There are

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Are these sentences ok?Are these sentences are okay?There's pizza on the table. There's pizzas on the table.There are pizzas on the table.There's candy in the jar.There's candies in the jar.(sounds very unnatural)There are candies in the jar.(ditto)

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

pleasehelpAre these sentences ok?

Are these sentences are okay?

There's pizza on the table. Fine. Pizza here is uncountable.

There's pizzas on the table. Sounds a bit odd - okay ONLY as a contaction. "There is pizzas" would be wrong.

There are pizzas on the table. Okay grammatically, but a bit unnatural. There are [several][a couple][a few] pizzas on the table. Help yourself to a slice.

There's candy in the jar. Fine. Candy here is uncountable.

There's candies in the jar.(sounds very unnatural) As unnatural as the "There's pizza on the table" does. As a contract: There's some candies in the jar on my desk. Never as "There is..."

There are candies in the jar.(ditto) Okay if you are referring to each piece of candy as "a candy." Better: There are some candies in the jar.

Remember that we SAY things in speech all the time that aren't correct grammatically and that we would not write, if we had time to think about the sentence.

Anonymous · Answer

pleasehelp
Are these sentences ~~are~~ okay?

Can you tell us why you used 2 verbs (are)?

Pleasehelp · Answer

Typo.  Thank you Grammar Geek!

There's/There are

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