There is going to be ... / There are going to be ...

[tzfujimino]

(a) There is/There's going to be 50 people at the party.
(b) There are/There're going to be 50 people at the party.

I think (b) is grammatically correct.
How about (a)? Is it acceptable?

 

[GoesStation]

B is grammatically correct. Most Americans would use the "there's" version of A in spoken English. The "there is" version is incorrect.

[EDITED]

 

[GoesStation]

The "there is" version is incorrect.

I somehow typed "are" when I meant "is". I've corrected it now. For B, you may sometimes hear someone say there're, but it's not very common. It's too hard to say.

 

[Glizdka]

I somehow typed "are" when I meant "is". I've corrected it now.

It only shows that you're used to there's so much that you subconsciously don't even consider there are an option. ;-)

 

[GoesStation]

It only shows that you're used to there's so much that you subconsciously don't even consider there are an option. ;-)

You took the words out of my mouth. I really was thinking of writing that.