![]() ![]() I mention this misuse of there’s because it’s one I often see in manuscripts. In that case, why write an article about it? And that’s exactly what this commercial has done. Yet-and don’t we love those exceptions-we are talking fiction and if a character would say such a thing, then you can include the phrasing in dialogue. A sentence that combines there is with a plural is not correct. There’s is a contraction for there is or there has, not there are. But this sentence is not grammatically correct, and may lead those who see the ad and hear the wording to think that such language is correct and acceptable. This time, however, from a TV ad.Īn insurance company twice uses the line There’s donuts in the conference room. I’ve got another caution for you today, also from the media. I’d borrowed a headline from an online news source that scrambled the sentence, attaching actions to the sentence’s subject that were unintended and impossible. ![]() Jby Fiction Editor Beth Hill last modified July 27, 2013Ī few weeks ago I wrote an article reminding writers to check their sentences to be sure the intended subject of a sentence was the actual subject. ![]()
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