I’m an English learner here in Taiwan.
I have a feeling that “there is” is more popular being used than “there are”.
And, to decide to use “there is” or “there are” has nothing to do with the “words” which follows “there is” or “there are”, but actually is decided by the feeling of the speaker, am I right?
I got my view from the following data.
A sentence copied from Ted – One second every day, as follows.
There's all these things that I've done with my life that I have no recollection of unless someone brings it up, and sometimes I think, "Oh yeah, that's something that I did."
Besides above, I use Yahoo to search “there’s (there is) all thing things that”, the search result is 24.
And I also use Yahoo to search “there’re (there are) all thing things that”, the search result is only 7.
Does the above mean that “all these things” can be seen as a singular or plural just depending on the feeling of the speaker? If not, what is the key?
Are there anything beyond my vague understanding? Please help.
Oh, must be poor writing, hope you can understand and help, thanks.
Grammar question, “there’s” or “there’re”. Thanks for any help.?
2017-03-13 10:08 pm
回答 (8)
2017-03-13 10:14 pm
✔ 最佳答案
It is true that people use them however they feel like. But that's because they don't know any better. The facts of grammar are that it certainly does matter what words follow, and that's the ONLY thing that matters. If what follows is singular, you use "is"; if plural, "are". And that's it.There is a dog.
There are several dogs.
2017-03-13 11:48 pm
No, the form of the verb does not depend on the "feelings of the speaker," you idiot.
"There's things" is grammatically incorrect, though it's frequently used. You'll find fewer uses of "there're," simply because people tend not to contract the phrase "there are" into the one word "there're," which is awkward to pronounce.
"There's things" is grammatically incorrect, though it's frequently used. You'll find fewer uses of "there're," simply because people tend not to contract the phrase "there are" into the one word "there're," which is awkward to pronounce.
2017-03-13 10:54 pm
All should be singular, although in normal word order many people construct it as plural:
All is well.
All these things are broken.
Stylists do not approve of "There is/are" which is called existential there because there is not a physical place. Approved or not, "There is/There are" is a difficult construction for native speakers because there seems like a singular subject and because it is necessary to commit to a verb before the actual subject is mentioned.
When "there" means a physical location, the preferences of native speakers is clear:
There is all I own.
There are all the things I own.
But usage will vary with existential there.
All is well.
All these things are broken.
Stylists do not approve of "There is/are" which is called existential there because there is not a physical place. Approved or not, "There is/There are" is a difficult construction for native speakers because there seems like a singular subject and because it is necessary to commit to a verb before the actual subject is mentioned.
When "there" means a physical location, the preferences of native speakers is clear:
There is all I own.
There are all the things I own.
But usage will vary with existential there.
2017-03-15 3:02 pm
all should be singular, although in normal word order numerous people construct it as plural:
all is well...
all these things are broken...
stylists do not approve of "there's/are" which is called existential there 'cause there's not a physical place... approved or not, "there's/there are" is a difficult construction for native speakers 'cause there seems like a singular subject and 'cause it is necessary to commit to a verb before the actual subject is mentioned...
when "there" means a physical location, the preferences of native speakers is clear:
there's all i own...
there are all the things i own...
but usage shall vary with existential there...
all is well...
all these things are broken...
stylists do not approve of "there's/are" which is called existential there 'cause there's not a physical place... approved or not, "there's/there are" is a difficult construction for native speakers 'cause there seems like a singular subject and 'cause it is necessary to commit to a verb before the actual subject is mentioned...
when "there" means a physical location, the preferences of native speakers is clear:
there's all i own...
there are all the things i own...
but usage shall vary with existential there...
2017-03-13 10:20 pm
The grammar rules define the use of "there is" and "there are". Here are examples: There are many people in the street. There is one person in the street. The first one talks about a plural situation and the second example talks about only one. To use these incorrectly does not denote feelings, but proper use.
2017-03-13 10:22 pm
There is no such contraction as ' there're '.
The difference between using "There's all these things ..." and "There are all these things..." is purely how 'educated' one is. One is bad grammar, the other is correct.
WHICH TYPE OF GRAMMAR DO YOU WANT TO LEARN?
(If you are learning American, then you don't need to learn grammar. They don't bother about it. e.g.
Past Tense of 'to see':
I seen...
I sees...
I had saw...
I saw...
TAKE YOUR PICK.
The difference between using "There's all these things ..." and "There are all these things..." is purely how 'educated' one is. One is bad grammar, the other is correct.
WHICH TYPE OF GRAMMAR DO YOU WANT TO LEARN?
(If you are learning American, then you don't need to learn grammar. They don't bother about it. e.g.
Past Tense of 'to see':
I seen...
I sees...
I had saw...
I saw...
TAKE YOUR PICK.
2017-03-14 12:24 am
Plural vs singular. Similar to the difference between 这个 VS 这些
2017-03-13 11:43 pm
It would be there is all which becomes there's. With the plural (there are), it is not natural to make a contraction (there're) and, as a result, it seldom, if ever, appears.
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