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Hello, teachers!

Can we contract 'there are' into 'there're'?

Thank you very much.
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There is no standard written contraction of 'there' and 'are', but you may see this written in dialogue in an attempt to mirror the elision that naturally occurs when the words are spoken at conversational speed.
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Thank you very much, Mr Alan!
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