[Grammar] "There're many countries in Asia that I'd like to visit."

[Snappy]

"There're many countries in Asia that I'd like to visit."
In the above sentence, it is not possible to use "where" instead of "that."

How about the following one? Is it possible to use the relative adverb "where."?

"There're many countries in Asia where I'd like to travel."

 

[GoesStation]

Re: Relative Clause

Yes, the sentence is fine.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome back, Snappy, after your 2-year and 10-month absence.

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[Rover_KE]

Since your last visit, Snappy, we.ve installed 'Thank' and 'Like' buttons in the bottom left-hand corner of every post (except your own). Just click one to save time for everybody.

 

[Yankee]

Just a personal preference and not directly related to the post, I would tend not to use the contraction when writing "there are".

 

[Tarheel]

Is it a real contraction?

 

[Yankee]

Is it a real contraction?

If it isn't, Snappy made it one. :-D

 

[GoesStation]

Is it a real contraction?

Sure. It's not generally used in writing, though, except in quoted dialog or very informal settings.

 

[Tarheel]

It defeats the whole purpose of a contraction.

The point of a contraction is it makes something easier to say, not harder.

I have never used it, and I am not going to do it.

 

[GoesStation]

It defeats the whole purpose of a contraction.

The point of a contraction is it makes something easier to say, not harder.

I have never used it, and I am not going to do it.

I always said "there're" as a boy until I discovered everyone else said "there's" whether the subject was singular or plural. I must have learned it from my parents. My mother, having learned English formally as a second language, could never bring herself to use "there's" with a plural subject. My dad learned English by immersion in the streets of New York from the age of three, but his older brother probably persuaded him that "there's" sounded illiterate. He never says it either except with a singular subject.

 

[Tarheel]

Me too. I can't make myself say "there's" in that context.

 

[GoesStation]

Me too. I can't make myself say "there's" in that context.

So you must say "there're", right?

 

[Tarheel]

No. There are.