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In response to "My "old man" thing that drives me up the wall with students" by Reagen

My "old man" grumble: "And then there is the people..."? "People" is plural and requires "there are". -- nm

Posted by TWuG Apr 7 '22, 10:30

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A group of people is singular. -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 12:18
We've got enough homonyms for "there" without throwing "there're" into the mix. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:38 8
- You're not wrong, but it still grates on my ear. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 12:25
- Also I'd say it's basically established as an informal contraction form for the plural now - Reagen Apr 7, 11:12 6
  - You willn't convince me. This is English, not something logical like German. -- nm* - zork Apr 7, 11:13 5
    - The beauty of English (and really any language) is that if you convince enough people to follow your rule, it's the right one! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:16 4
      - Except French. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:23 2
        
        Even that only does so much. - Reagen Apr 7, 11:26 1
        
        Plus Joual and l'Acadien -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:44
      - Beauty? *Marge grumble* - zork Apr 7, 11:19
(We is small, we contain solitude.) -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 10:34
"The GenX-ers are fighting" "let them fight lol" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:31 1
- Lol! -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 10:32

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