There’s many stray dogs in this area.
There’re many stray dogs in this area.
Which is the correct sentence?
Thanks.
There’s many stray dogs in this area.
There’re many stray dogs in this area.
Which is the correct sentence?
Thanks.
The second one is correct. However the first one is very common, almost to the point of being standardized.
Thank you @NearlyNapping. I was having trouble thinking how to answer this.
I think #1 is possible because you barely hear the verb at all. I think it becomes more of a problem if you say “There is…”.
Also, without thinking, the speaker could be considering “many stray dogs in the area” to be a characteristic.
Yes, it’s only used in the contracted form. “There is many…” sounds pretty bad.
But then “there’s many” probably sounds bad to a lot of people also, but it sounds almost normal to me for casual conversation. I wouldn’t use it on a resume though.
It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s only used in some parts of the US.
The first is colloquially tolerable while the second is grammatically acceptable!