is this grammatically correct?

[jingramm]

There's no hard feelings

or another

there's good benefits

I hear people say and type this all the time (even in some reputable news sources). Shouldn't it be there ARE? The answer seems obvious but I hear smart people say this in conversation and even come across this error when reading news articles from reputable companies.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'm more concerned with the accuracy of the statement being made.

 

[rcpratt]

There's no hard feelings or there's good benefits.

I hear people say and type this all the time (even in some reputable news sources). Shouldn't it be there ARE?

It should be are, but I have no idea what it means.

 

[Pardus]

There's no hard feelings or there's good benefits.

I hear people say and type this all the time (even in some reputable news sources). Shouldn't it be there ARE?

Revised: "Hope there are no hard feelings. You still have one good leg and one good eye."

 

[sixone]

are, not is

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

feelings are not feelings is
benefits are not benefits is

 

[Perknose]

Shouldn't it be there ARE?

Yes, in both cases.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

I speak English very deliciously

 

[Leros]

Acceptable spoken English is not the same as proper written English.

 

[Bubbaleone]

There's no hard feelings = There is no hard feelings (plural/incorrect)...
There's no hard feeling (singular/correct)...

 

[Perknose]

There's no hard feelings = There is no hard feelings (plural/incorrect)...
There's no hard feeling (singular/correct)...

"No hard feelings" is a colloquial phrase in English for which there is NO singular equivalent such as "no hard feeling."

"No hard feeling" has a laughably different meaning in English from "no hard feelings."

For example, you cannot say "I insulted Bubba, which engendered (a) hard feeling in him" and somehow mean the putative singular of "I insulted Bubba, which engendered hard feelings in him."

 

[oogabooga]

"No hard feelings" is a colloquial phrase in English for which there is NO singular equivalent such as "no hard feeling."

"No hard feeling" has a laughably different meaning in English from "no hard feelings."

For example, you cannot say "I insulted Bubba, which engendered (a) hard feeling in him" and somehow mean the putative singular of "I insulted Bubba, which engendered hard feelings in him."

Although thinking about it, if you only make Bubba angry in a specific way, you could generate just one hard feeling. But as said, that's not the colloquial saying so it'd be really weird still.

 

[blackdogdeek]

i just wanted to chime in before anyone else did and say that it is incorrect and should be "are".

 

[Perknose]

Although thinking about it, if you only make Bubba angry in a specific way, you could generate just one hard feeling. But as said, that's not the colloquial saying so it'd be really weird still.

It's not just weird, it's grammatically wrong.

When you say a human being has "feelings," you are referring to emotion.

When you say a human being has "feeling," you are referring to the physical property of the sensation of touch.

You just can't say that you hurt a guys' "feeling" and not be referring to the latter. You just can't.

There are exceptions in different grammatical constructs, but in the instance we are talking about, they do not pertain.

In English, one never says, "Esmerelda, what you just said hurt my feeling."

And in English, one never says, "I've lost the feelings in my lower extremities."

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

It's not just weird, it's grammatically wrong.

When you say a human being has "feelings," you are referring to emotion.

When you say a human being has "feeling," you are referring to the physical property of the sensation of touch.

You just can't say that you hurt a guys' "feeling" and not be referring to the latter. You just can't.

There are exceptions in different grammatical constructs, but in the instance we are talking about, they do not pertain.

In English, one never says, "Esmerelda, what you just said hurt my feeling."

And in English, one never says, "I've lost the feelings in my lower extremities."

^ This is completely correct.

"There's no hard feeling." would be what one of Hef's girls says to him before he has taken a Viagra.

 

[BrokenVisage]

How about: s/he's good people.

Doesn't make sense to me, thankfully I don't hear people say it much anymore.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Although thinking about it, if you only make Bubba angry in a specific way, you could generate just one hard feeling. But as said, that's not the colloquial saying so it'd be really weird still.

If you got him REALLY mad, he might give you a hard feeling right in your face.