"There's someone's at the door"
"There's someone at the door"
What does the second "'s" stand for, "is", "has", or it is a possessive or third person singular s?
Is it incorrect to say "there is someone at the door"?
Ps. I came across it in Touchstone 2 book. Sceenshot below:
Best Answer
The transcription in the image is wrong.
It's likely an error on the part of the editors.
It should read in one of the two ways:
Combining the two doesn't work.
In either case, the word being contracted is "is".
Leaving it un-contracted is also perfectly fine: