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- “There’s” or “There are”? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Possibly Related: “There are so many” vs “There is so many” There is are one or several apple ~s? “Is there” versus “Are there” “There is are more than one” What's the difference? Should I say “there is a handful of…” or “there are a handful of…”? Is “there're” (similar to “there's”) a correct contraction? Which is correct: “There are not any
- Is therere (similar to theres) a correct contraction?
There're is common in speech, at least in certain dialects, but you'll rarely see it written If I were being pedantic, I'd advise you to use there are in your example, because there is is definitely wrong, so there's could be considered wrong as well But a huge number of English speakers, even those that are well-educated, use there's universally, regardless of the number of the noun in
- contractions - There isnt vs. theres not - English Language . . .
To be fair to the O P , an Ngram shows "there isn't" seems to be preferred over "there's not," so there might be some merit to the assertion that one seems more awkward than the other in certain situations But I stand by my answer: there are times when either would beg for improvement, and other situations where either works just fine
- grammatical number - There are so many vs. There is so many . . .
There are so many questions on this website There is so many questions on this website The former quot;sounds right, quot; but the contracted form of the latter does as well: There's so many
- There is no place like has two meanings
To answer your original question, it means the same as your first interpretation, and cannot be misunderstood to mean the second one because "there is no such place like X" is not a phrasing used in English The correct phrase to indicate that X doesn't exist would be "there is no such place as X"
- Theres no point + gerund vs theres no point in + gerund
I've noticed that both are used though "point in" is seemingly far more prevalent Is there any difference or it's down to one's preferences? E g There's no point in talking to you vs
- expressions - Early use of theres always a bigger fish - English . . .
The old fisherman's proverb popularized by Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace has a history of uses in literal contexts (fishing), however after the release of Phantom Menace the metaphorical use of the
- grammar - Is there versus Are there - English Language Usage . . .
Are there any questions I should be asking? Is there any articles available on the subject? My instinct is that in the two questions above, it should be 'are' as the subjects of the sentences (
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