there's two bottles /or/ there're two bottles ?

Answer 1

Good question. And you've gotten the answer I expected. But I must respectfully disagree. "There's two bottles" is perfectly proper for everyday speech.

EXPLANATION

In colloquial American English (though not in British) the use of the contracted form "there's" does NOT perfectly parallel that of the 'full forms' (there is, there are).

It is true that if you are using the FULL form, you MUST say,
"There IS one bottle left." (singular)
"There ARE two bottles left." (plural)

But when in comes to contracted forms there's only ONE form available --"there's". There is no such form as "there're".

As a result, the contracted form (and ONLY the contracted) form is used for BOTH the singular and plural:
"There's one bottle left."
"There's two bottles left."

The same thing happens with "here's".
"Here's the ten best ideas." OR "Here are..."

And with "where's" --
"Where's the matches?" OR "Where are..."


Note that the contracted form almost "swallows" the verb form completely, so that it is not emphasized. That may help to account for it's acceptance. (Another reason may be the simple fact that Modern English is not a "highly inflected" language to begin with. That is, we don't have as many distinct noun and verb forms as many languages.)

In fact, there have been a number of other examples in the history of English in which a dialect will have a SET of "full forms", but use only ONE contracted form. This is actually more common in British than American English. It was not that long ago that PROPER British English would include such expressions as "he don't" and "they ain't" (Uncontracted "do not" is for plurals only; "ain't" comes from "am not", originally used only for the first person singular, "I ain't").

I'm not certain, but I think this all may be by analogy with forms like "can't", "shan't" and "won't" (each of which has only one contracted form because there was only one un-contracted form to begin with).

In fact, the non-standard American use of these forms (found, for example, in parts of Appalachia) is not a 'dumbing down' of English, but a preservation of the English dialect the original settlers of the region brought with them.

True, the examples I just gave are no longer accepted as "standard" even in colloquial (informal spoken) speech. But they help demonstrate the same pattern which IS still acceptable for "there's".

ADVICE

If you have any doubt about how the person you are speaking to will respond --and whether they will approve of the more colloquial form-- it's best to simply use the full forms "There are" and "Here are". (In other words, avoid "there's two bottles" around grammar snobs who either don't understand or don't accept what I've explained here.)

Some will argue against that the use above MUST be "wrong", because it's not "logical". But that's somewhat backwards. Real spoken language is not purely based on logic (that's true in ANY language), and we should beware of pressing that argument too far.
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If it helps, here are some examples of way some say you MUST speak, opposite the way spoken English commonly expresses things. SOME of the first set are perfectly fine and even appropriate in formal settings; others are awkward and stuffy sounding. (In that case, I would say, do not use them if you can possibly avoid them! If the colloquial form is CLEAR, use it.)

"I am right, am I not?" -- "I'm right, aren't I?"
"It is I." -- "It's me."
"Whom did you ask?" -- "Who did you ask?"

(I do not by any means think that EVERYTHING people use colloquially is perfectly fine. For example, I can't stand when people mistakenly OVER-correct and say, "He asked John and I" when they mean "He asked John and ME." )

Answer 2

Different spellings have different meanings:

(1) There's two bottles (means) "There IS two bottles". You can be pointing at the bottles,and suggesting that someone pick them up.
(2) There're two bottles (means) "There ARE to bottles". Someone may be asking you: "How many bottles are left?". You respond with: "THERE'RE
(Confusing?. Yes it is!)

Answer 3

There're two bottles - but only one correct answer and this is it!

Answer 4

There's is short for there is, referring to one of something.

There're is short for there are, referring to more than one of something.

As there are two bottles, it should be there're two bottles.

However, if you had said a pair of bottles, it would be singular (one pair) and would be there's a pair of bottles.

Answer 5

There are two bottles

Answer 6

there are 2 green bottles sitting on the wall

Answer 7

Neither. There are two bottles is the correct term. Mainly because I capitalised my T.

Answer 8

There ARE two bottles.

Answer 9

There ARE two bottles.

Answer 10

Yes i agree,There,s TWO bottles.