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Language Log 2013-03-16
Summary:
T.L. writes:
One of my wife's pet peeves is the use of "there's" instead of "there are," as in the last line here. What's up with this? It's very common. Is it simply easier to articulate?
"Plural there's" was discussed a few years ago on LL:
"Leading questions and frickin' cooks", 8/31/2005
"When 'there's' isn't 'there is'", 9/1/2005
In those [...]