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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Where's my glasses?

Hi,

I can't find them... Oh, here's my glasses.
I can't find them... Oh, there's my glasses.
I can't find them... Where's my glasses?

Are those idiomatic? There's a singular verb, contracted. I've already heard of that feature, but only with "here" and "existential there", and the "there" in my second example sentence is locative...
I've always wondered if this use of the contracted singular with plural nouns applied to someting else too. Maybe "where" (third example)... can you think of any others?

How common is this usage? Is it as common as the, let's say "correct", "are"?
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Kooyeen Hi, I can't find them... Oh, here's my glasses. I can't find them...

— Yoong Liat

  • Kooyeen Hi, I can't find them...
  • Oh, here's my glasses.
  • I can't find them...
  • Oh, there's my glasses.
  • I can't find them...
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KooyeenHi,

I can't find them... Oh, here's my glasses.
I can't find them... Oh, there's my glasses.
I can't find them... Where's my glasses?
I can't find them... Oh, here're my glasses. (Grammatically, the verb should 'are'.)
I can't find them... Oh, there're my glasses. ( as above)
I can't find them... Where're my glass
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<<Are those idiomatic?>> Yes. Quite common in everyday conversation. Not formal though.

CJ
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Wow.
I wonder if I'll ever stop finding simplifications of tenses, patterns, syllables... y'no wudda mean?

Thanks. Emotion: smile
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KooyeenWow.
I wonder if I'll ever stop finding simplifications of tenses, patterns, syllables... y'no wudda mean?

Thanks.
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Wow.
I wonder if I'll ever stop finding simplifications of tenses, patterns, syllables
Yes. Eventually. Shortly before you reach the last page of the Internet.

CJ
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