Comments on: There’re?

By: me

me — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:34:09 +0000

i’ve said “there’re” in the past and i write it *VERY* infrequently, mostly when texting. the way i enunciate it as if i were saying “therare” with a weakened ‘a’ bridging the two words.

i can barely see your text fields for my name.

By: mc grammar

mc grammar — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:47:34 +0000

ye man me’n'ma homiez use wordz lyk dis all da time init me duno w’uts rong wid spkin using there’re…. but i think dat lere’r is much beta init

By: Browning

Browning — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:31 +0000

As a Southern American, I can say that this form is used quite often. I still wouldn’t want to see it in writing, or in formal speech.

By: Northern Teacher

Northern Teacher — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0000

It’s the weak form, innit?

/ðəегə/

schwa = /Ə/

I think

By: Gez

Gez — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:35:05 +0000

Controversial, Moi?

By: Sinders

Sinders — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:56:29 +0000

There’re no excuses for writing nonsense like this. It’s not even easier to say.

I wouldn’t've expected this from a GrammarBlogger.

By: Paddy

Paddy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:32:11 +0000

Ah, you’ve played the ‘it’s OK in an informal setting’ card. What next? Bullying? GBH? It’s all OK so long as it’s done while mingling in a relaxed manner with friends in a light dressing gown away from the public glare.

Phonetically, it’s fine of course. And I’d say it’s OK to write “there’re” in circumstances where it’s clear you are writing colloquially. The same goes for representing accented pronunciation in the written form. But use of contractions like “there’re” must never, never cross over into proper writing ‘n’ tha’.