Corpora: Native discovery

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	Mister Micawber  #532073  Tue, 24 Jun 08 11:04 PM . How would native speaker fare on: There's no books on the table. There are no books on the table. I'm cool.    Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member (22,604) 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	shaved  #532077  Tue, 24 Jun 08 11:08 PM There just ain't no books on that thar table I reckon  s'no books on th' table  = )    shaved Joined on Fri, Apr 11 2008 Southern California Junior Member (93) FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES NEVER LICK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH

	Marius Hancu  #532125  Wed, 25 Jun 08 01:42 AM  Google Books will  tell you that:  27 on "There are no books on the table"  0  on "There is no books on the table"    Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Montreal, Canada Veteran Member (11,673)

	Anonymous  #532183  Wed, 25 Jun 08 08:04 AM The BNC (in the spoken register): there are no + plural noun - 0 per 1 million words there's no + plural noun - 8 per 1 million words there are loads - 8 per 1 million words there's loads - 74 per 1 million words there are things - 36 per 1 million words there's things - 17 per 1 million words What's happening?    Anonymous
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	shaved  #532449  Wed, 25 Jun 08 05:06 PM Anonymous What's happening?     language is happening    shaved

	Kooyeen  #532552  Wed, 25 Jun 08 08:58 PM I am not a native speaker, but I was told both are used in spoken English. However, to me, it seems "there's" is (much) more common in informal fast speech. And I didn't know "there's" was used with plurals in the UK too.    Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member (4,062) If you don't have a sense of humor already, it's about time you buy one.
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	MrPedantic  #532578  Wed, 25 Jun 08 10:46 PM Anonymous How would native speaker fare on: There's no books on the table. There are no books on the table. Native speaker fare badly. He prefer pizza. MrP    MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member (12,166) ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	CalifJim  #532739  Thu, 26 Jun 08 08:35 AM MrPedantic Native speaker fare badly. He prefer pizza. Mr. P take words from my mouth. CJ     CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member (17,693) "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Anonymous  #532770  Thu, 26 Jun 08 10:51 AM Shame your words, like his, not on-topic. Such a waste. What was the purpose of your words, BTW? Not seen a typo before?    Anonymous