House appliance
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Is it OK to say:
Many places to buy house appliance?
Thanks
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updated Oct 8, 2011
posted by maylegoas
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¿Hay....muchos lugares...?
Are there many...? (if you are asking a question)
There are many.... (if you are declaring a statement)
either "a" house appliance or house appliances.
updated Oct 8, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
OK. qfreed, I guess I should say There are many places to buy house appliances.? - maylegoas, Oct 7, 2011
Yes but without the question mark as you are making a statement. - Eddy, Oct 7, 2011
Thanks, Eddy. I was going to explain the anbiguity to her. No need now. - 0074b507, Oct 7, 2011
Home appliances. - kmaakheru, Oct 8, 2011
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There are OR There're ("There're" is kind of informal and not very common, but still okay) many places to buy house appliances.
updated Oct 7, 2011
edited by Azabache
posted by Azabache
What kind of word is there're? - 0074b507, Oct 7, 2011
It's a contraction of "there" and "are". Surely you should know this? http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2009/10/therere/ - Azabache, Oct 7, 2011
The contraction “there’re” does not officially exist but is sometimes used informally. News to me. Thanks for the enlightenment. Never saw it before. - 0074b507, Oct 7, 2011
The reason you may not have heard of it could be because the word "there's" is often used when it would be grammatically incorrect, as in maylegoas's example. - Azabache, Oct 7, 2011
Like you "Q" I have never used it. However, as you can use there's for there is, I suppose you can pluralise it as above. - Eddy, Oct 7, 2011
I don't really use it either; I usually use "there's" when "there're" would actually be more grammatically appropriate. - Azabache, Oct 7, 2011
