Everyone knows the difference between a singular and a plural – verbs and nouns. I know we were taught that early in grade school. Why then, do I see one glitch in that area more often than not?
For you, readers: Singular or plural? “…hard things.” “…more than enough rooms….” Exactly, they are both plural. In today’s paper and in an article on-line, the one glaring error – for me – is “There’s.” “There’s” equals “there is,” right? “Is” is singular. Why then do I see, too often for me, “there’s” written when it’s obvious that it’s a plural noun and needs to be “there’re”?
Examples: “There’s hard things in everything, and there’s certainly hard things in this, too.” Would you say or write, “There is things….”? or would you say or write, “There are things.” ‘Things” is plural; therefore, it needs to be “there’re” not “there’s.”
“We were certain manager had told us there’s more than enough rooms for us for the weekend.” Is it, “there is… rooms”? No! It’s “there are…rooms.”
Check your singular and plural contractions; “there is” is the heathen that raises its ugly heads too many times. “There are” is the correct form for plurals, please.
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