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							| there īre : is it correct? 
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							|  I have a doubt about using there īre . Is it correct to write there īre? 
Thanks in advance. |  5 Mar 2009      
					
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 douglas
 
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							| I use it quite often in private, but I am pretty sure it is a colloquialism--which means it īs used, but it "ain īt" proper English.   I could be wrong though.   Douglas |  5 Mar 2009     
					
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 Tere-arg
 
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							| As far as I know only the singular form can be contracted  (thereīs) |  5 Mar 2009     
					
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							| Thanks!! I had seen it written several times and then i started to think that maybe I was wrong to correct it. Thanks for your help!!! |  5 Mar 2009     
					
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 customer
 
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							| I īve read somewhere it is wrong.   (But I could be wrong as well...) |  5 Mar 2009     
					
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 frenchfrog
 
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							| Well, for Bob Dylan it is correct!   |  5 Mar 2009     
					
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