Deseret News | There's a lot things to be thankful for in Utah theater

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Erica Hansen: There's a lot things to be thankful for in Utah theater

Barbara | 3:45 p.m. Nov. 23, 2008

There ARE a lot of THINGS, not "there's" a lot of things. Where are the editors????

Get over yourself, | 4:58 p.m. Nov. 23, 2008

Barbara.

You are wrong. "Things" is the object of the prepositional phrase starting with "of". So it has no bearing on which form of the verb to use.

"Lot" is the object of the sentence and since that word is singular, "is" would be the appropriate verb. Thus using the contraction "there's" for the phrase "there is" is correct.

So to answer your question, the editors are doing their jobs just fine.

I am thankful I'm not your neighbor because you seem like a stodgy know-it-all.

It's still wrong | 2:53 p.m. Nov. 24, 2008

Whether it's There are or There is, it still should say There's a lot OF things to be thankful for in Utah theater. So, no, the editors are NOT doing their jobs.

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Yeah | 3:11 p.m. Nov. 24, 2008

They changed it a couple times yesterday and still screwed it up.

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