Blech! [Placeholder Post–*heh*]

While locusts are devouring my days, some light gripes for posts

Is there any excuse for any person who’s literate in English to write “there’s a few ways” instead of “there’re a few ways”? Oh, I could understand it, I suppose, if the person is writing dialog for an illiterate rube, but I’ve run across an author who does it consistently for all characters, whether the characters are common folk like you and me or a cast of nothing but people with multiple advanced degrees.

There’s no excuse for that. None.