"There's..." or "There're...",which one is correct?

Question

Hi everyone.I have a simple question:

1.There's lots of information available.
2.There're lots of information available.

Which one is grammatically correct?

Answer 1

The simple answer is, #1, not only because the verb here should be singular to agree with the singular noun "information", but because there IS no form "there're".

But there's actually more to all this. Not sure if you know this (the answers so far don't seem to), but you are asking more than one question.

1) Can you use "there're" as a contraction for "there are"?

2) When you use an expression starting with "lots of" should the verb be singular or plural (in this case "is" or "are")?

3) People use "there's" not only where you would use "there is" but also where you would use "there are". Is this correct?


ANSWERS:

1) There is NO contraction "there're" (as most have already said).

2) For most expressions "x of y" --e.g. "bucket(s) of water" or "pile(s) of beans" the FIRST noun is the one the determines whether the verb should be singular of plural. Thus you would say "A bucket of water IS. . .", "Buckets of water ARE...", "A pile of beans IS. . . ", "Piles of beans ARE. . . "

But a few phrases called "determiners" work differently. The phrases "a lot of" and "lots of" are not used the same way as "bucket(s)" on't view "lot" as an individual singular count noun. If you used "lot" in the sense of "an open field," you could write, "There is a lot with a baseball field next to my house."

But when you use "a lot of' and "lots of" (which are interchangeable!!) ' to indicate quantity, it works differently. This is one of the group of expressions called "determiners." "A lot of" (or "lots of") may be accompanied by either a singular or plural verb depending on what FOLLOWS "of."

Note that these expressions are synonymous with "much" and "many" depending on whether the noun that follows is singular or plural. (Substituting "much" and "many will help you see which verb form you should use.)

"There are lots/a lot of people." ('people' is plural so the verb is plural) OR "There are MANY people"
"There are lots/a lot of books on the table." ('books' is plural....) OR "There are MANY books"
"There is lots/a lot of furniture in the store." ("furniture" is an unusual singular form called a 'mass noun' or 'non-count noun'... that is, you don't count "one furniture, two furnitures....") OR "There is MUCH furniture...."

http://www.udel.edu/eli/grammar2.html
**see also http://www.orangutanenglish.com/English%20Grammar%20Guide%202.htm#determiners

In the example you give "information" is singular (a 'mass noun' like "furniture") Note that you can respond to the statement by asking "How MUCH information is there?"

3) Since there IS no contraction "there're" (answer #1), the only contraction for colloquial use is "there's". British English looks down on this, but it is considered perfectly acceptable in colloquial American English to use "there's" for BOTH singular and plural. That is, you MUST say "There ARE cups on the table", but the contracted form is "There's cups on the table."

It doesn't make any difference for the example you give, since the key noun ("information") is singular anyway.

See also:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/reams.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/5741-there-lot-people-there-lot-people.html
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=174362
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=172515

Answer 2

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Answer 3

1: is correct, meaning 'there is lots of information'.
2: is incorrect in this instance. 'there're', would normally mean 'there are' as in 'there are two cars in the garage'. It is much better to spell the whole word out in these cases. 'there are'.

Answer 4

"There're" is an improper contraction of "there are." No such contraction exists in English.. And number one is correct, though informal. "There is a lot of information available" is more correct.

Answer 5

There's equal to there is The " ' " apostrophy
replaces the "i".
They are or they're present tense plural of the verb to be. I am, (I'm,)
you are (you're) he ,she,it is.
we are (we're) and they are!
I hope I have not been too incomplete/innacurate
It was fun trying !A wordsmith will bless us with
their kind attention .... I don't think 'there're' has
ever been presented as an option .A new word?
it could happen...

Answer 6

When in doubt about English Grammar (and I can see many people here who are) - try this: There IS a lot. There ARE lots.
So, in your case - "There is a lot of information available." would be the correct statement.

p.s. Grammar is spelled g-r-a-m-m-a-r, unlike many people here who spell it "grammer'.

Answer 7

#1 is correct, but I must point out that "information" is NOT singular, it's uncountable. Even Bruhaha, whose answer is clearly the best, got that wrong.

Answer 8

The first is correct. We are looking at "information", a singular noun in this colloquial expression.

If you were using a plural noun --e.g. "there are lots of people" -- then you would use the second.

Answer 9

There's. This is short for "there is". When you shorten the words like this you put the apostrophe in the space were the letter is removed. For example, "Don't" for "Do Not" and "Wouldn't for "Would Not". Hope this makes sense.

Answer 10

there're isnt even a word. I would say There's:)