Today’s entry takes us into pure curmudgeon territory: the use of “there.” Tell me I’m not the only one whose eyebrows knit together in perplexity upon seeing “There’s three important decisions to make.” There ARE [more than one], not there IS [more than one]. An American politician (who shall remain nameless) said, “If there’s any environmental regulations that’s preventing California from [blah blah blah]...” Don’t do this. In addition, there is not a subject; instead, it introduces the subject of the sentence.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:16:45 +0000