What happened to ‘there are ‘ ?

[W201_190e]

I don't feel it matters.

[Riley Blue]

Spelt out in a Google advert in the UK earlier this evening to accompany a voice over: 'Curb side collection'

[Frankthered]

Spare tyre said:

Their over they’re

No there not!

[kambites]

W201_190e said:

I don't feel it matters.

Not really no. I suspect "there is" or "there's" will become "correct" for plurals at some point. Languages evolve...

[coppernorks]

Shirley there's more important things to muse over, e.g. why I think saying shirley in place of
surely isn't pointless, pathetic and unamusing.

[Super Sonic]

coppernorks said:

Shirley there's more important things to muse over, e.g. why I think saying shirley in place of
surely isn't pointless, pathetic and unamusing.

But that's not Important right now.

[Johnspex]

kambites said:

"More bad" is clumsy and sounds daft, but as far as I can see it's not actually gramatically incorrect?

Not as bad as putting a question mark at the end of a statement.

[shih tzu faced]

Eric Mc said:

I think it's a terrible indictment of the current standard of newsreaders.

We all know he should have said "worser".

shud of sed more badder

[paulguitar]

The one that I find annoying and weird is when someone writes 'needs replaced'. What is that about?

[CrunkleFloop]

Evoluzione said:

AdeTuono said:

Surely 'There is' has been replaced by 'There's'?, and not 'There are'?

There're two ways of looking at it.

There is only one way of looking at it, you can't shorten 'there are'.

I suppose the Meercans will have done it, they look at themselves in meers, so will probably have a go at thererrr.

'There is one of them'. Singular.
'There are two of them'. Plural.

there is = there's
there are = there're

Both are still current and valid, it's simply that many people have become lazy about using the correct words.

[glazbagun]

[BabySharkDooDooDooDooDooDoo]

glazbagun said:

[Frankthered]

paulguitar said:

The one that I find annoying and weird is when someone writes 'needs replaced'. What is that about?

I agree - this one really makes me want to slap people!!

[jet_noise]

Frankthered said:

paulguitar said:

The one that I find annoying and weird is when someone writes 'needs replaced'. What is that about?

I agree - this one really makes me want to slap people!!

Needs gone.

[InitialDave]

I think people use there's because there're is very clumsy.

It's not something I've noticed, I think "there are" in full is still widely used, especially spoken rather than written.

But the pronunciation of there are often comes out as there're anyway.

Hmm.

Maybe it's simply that predictive text likes there's.

[otolith]

paulguitar said:

The one that I find annoying and weird is when someone writes 'needs replaced'. What is that about?

It’s a Scottish dialect thing.

[AdeTuono]

otolith said:

paulguitar said:

The one that I find annoying and weird is when someone writes 'needs replaced'. What is that about?

It’s a Scottish dialect thing.

Well, they should stop it, and speak English like they're supposed to.

[Frankthered]

AdeTuono said:

otolith said:

paulguitar said:

The one that I find annoying and weird is when someone writes 'needs replaced'. What is that about?

It’s a Scottish dialect thing.

Well, they should stop it, and speak English like they're supposed to.

Ah, no. To be fair, if it's a real Scottish dialect thing, I can accept that (as I have some dialect quirks of my own).

It doesn't excuse English muppets using it though!!