"there's" + <plural noun>

[Scot LaFaive]

Do we have a good idea of how long "there's" has been used with plurals in
English, both spoken and written? (Or is that what you're asking, Grant?)

Scot

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> Grant Barrett wrote:
> > Can anyone point me to something definitive on the the use of
> > "there's" followed by a plural noun? I understand it to behave
> > somewhat like "hay" in Spanish and "il y a" in French.
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> > I have seen this Language Log post by Mark Liberman, which is a good
> > start:
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> > http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002447.html<http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/%7Emyl/languagelog/archives/002447.html>
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> Here's an old 'thread':
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