XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
   >   
   > Why  do we  (and TV broadcasters) say....   
   >   
   >             (when a batter  grounds out)   
   >   
   >                         [... and there's  2 outs]   
      
   Short for "there is", it seems incorrect here because   
   "2 outs" is not a single thing. However, in English   
   by English speakers, it's simply easier to say.   
      
   >       TV broadcasters  would almost never say   
   >   
   >                         [... and there're  2 outs]   
   >   
   >      while some may say   
   >   
   >                         [... and there're  now   2 outs]   
      
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