there's

Contraction

 * There’s some chairs upstairs, aren’t there?
 * 1) * 1971 October 11, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, “Imagine”, Imagine, Apple Records:
 * Imagine there’s no countries.
 * There’s some chairs upstairs, aren’t there?
 * 1) * 1971 October 11, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, “Imagine”, Imagine, Apple Records:
 * Imagine there’s no countries.
 * Imagine there’s no countries.

Usage notes

 * In some respects, sense 2 is not a distinct sense; some speakers use "there is" even where Standard English would require "there are", and "there's" may therefore be seen as a contraction of "there is" even in such cases. However, it is listed separately here because there are many speakers who do distinguish "there is" from "there are" when not using the contraction, but who use the contraction "there's" in all cases; thus, these speakers may be said to use "there's" as a general contraction for both "there is" and "there are".