Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 23:15:38 -0400

From: tthonus tthonus[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INDIANA.EDU

Subject: there's



I've been intrigued recently by the use of singular (?) there's in

plural contexts, i.e. "There's the books I've been looking for," or

"There's two ways to solve that problem," in unmonitored speech. Has

anyone noticed it, or better yet, studied and written on it? I'd be

interested in learning.

Terese Thonus

Indiana University