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There is/are
Contractions are possible, but they are mostly used informally in speech.
There’s is by far the most common contraction, and it is sometimes used inadvertently with plural subjects by native speakers. Common mistakes Since the expression there is/are usually has no equivalent in other languages, students sometimes use have instead.
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  written by Kyle, February 03, 2008
Ziko,
"There is" is followed by a singular noun (tree, book etc). "There are" is followed by a plural noun (trees, books etc). There is a book on the table. There are books on the table. Sometimes in English people use the contraction "there's" (there is) with plural nouns like in the example above (There's ten people outside) but this is not technically correct. It should be "There're ten people outside".  written by Nelly, February 27, 2008
hi/// and what about the definite article? can it be used? for example There ia the air ..... please help me =)
 written by Claudia, April 18, 2008
what is correct?
There is 45 minutes in a period. There are 45 minutes in a period. Or are they both correct?  written by Naz, December 16, 2008
I'm quite confused by using was and were when using a lot in the same sentence. When you use "a lot" (as in a lot of foreigners) it makes the subject singular right? Hence 'A' lot. But my friend tells me that I use it wrong when I saw "There was a lot of foreigners at the party". He tells me it's meant to be "There were a lot of foreigners at the party". Which is correct?
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thank you very much