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Bookmark or Share- Origin of the phrase, "There's more than one way to skin a cat."There are many versions of this proverb, which suggests there are always several ways to do something. The earliest printed citation of this proverbial saying that I can find is in a short story by the American humorist Seba Smith - The Money Diggers
- grammar - "Is there" versus "Are there" - English Language & Usage ...You're talking essentially about a matter of formality. In everyday, informal (especially spoken) English, native speakers commonly use "there's" (and derived forms) to introduce either a singular or plural. In more formal/careful usage, "there are" (and derived forms) generally appears to be preferred when the logical subject is plural.
- “There’s” or “There are”? - English Language & Usage Stack ...2) Why is "there are" sometimes shortened to "there's" Yes, this actually does happen. I'm not claiming it's grammatical, but people do it. Simply for the reason that you cannot shorten "there are" to "there're." In that case, you can say "there's" when meaning "there are", but this can be used only in spoken or informal English. Examples:
- contractions - "There isn't" vs. "there's not" - English Language ...You might think there's a good reason for this, but there's no good reason. There's no good reason for this. There's not any baseball player who went hitless for more than 40 games. There isn't any baseball player who went hitless for more than 40 games. No baseball player has gone hitless for more than 40 games. There's not anyone there.
- What's the origin of the saying, "There's no accounting for taste"?There's some uncertainty about whether gustus (gustibus) or gustatus (gustatibus) is more appropriate. Share.
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