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I hear a lot things like:

There's tons of papers.

Is this acceptable?

Related:

There's with plural nouns - Redlinels

By the way, what about a contraction there're?

Void
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    There's heaps of (informal) situations in which *there's* is used with plural nouns. *There're* is also perfectly fine. – Void Jun 20 '21 at 10:57
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    It's a perfectly normal part of informal speech for me and millions of other English speakers. I wouldn't use it in a formal situation. – Colin Fine Jun 20 '21 at 10:57
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    Does this answer your question? [Can we use "there is" for plural nouns?](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/31241/can-we-use-there-is-for-plural-nouns) Also [There's vs There are](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/39181/theres-vs-there-are) and [The use of “there is” and “there's”](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/267343/the-use-of-there-is-and-theres) and [There's vs there're](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/168656/theres-vs-therere), among others. – FumbleFingers Jun 20 '21 at 11:38
  • Yes, thanks. (15 characters) – Zohar Levi Jun 20 '21 at 13:57

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