Should I use "there's" instead of "there are" for plural nouns to sound more natural?

“There’s kids around here” sounds extremely wrong to me. Maybe it’s regional but I don’t hear native speakers do this.

I think both work. I'd personally use there's but they both sound natural enough

This is a level of formality or code-switching thing. Use "there are" for speaking to your teacher or boss, and "there's" for talking to the boys at the bar. Also a regional variation thing. I hear "there's" sometimes here in Ontario, Canada, but more often "there are" gets run together as "there're". Which sounds pretty much the same as just "there".

I don't think you should pick one over the other. It depends on the situation. "There's" is considered informal or casual, at least where I'm from.

It's not that you necessarily should or shouldn't, but you can and most do.

I'm British. We'd say "there are". The other option sounds wrong. Not wrong enough to be too jarring, but not good.

You may be over-pronouncing the "are" in "there are" if it sounds too formal. Unless you are now living in an area where a lot of people actually say "there's" for plural, you could work on making the "are" more of a schwa sound, kind of like "there-uh" or "there-ur" with practically no emphasis on the uh/ur syllable. About schwa, in case this term is unfamiliar: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXS3IcMbzXI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXS3IcMbzXI)

It's grammatically 'incorrect', but it's very common and I also do it instinctually.

Depends on location. If I wanted to say "there's kids around here", I'd put something in the middle ("there's a few kids" or "there's some kids"), otherwise, I'd go for an informal "there're", a bit slurred together.

It's fine but I would personally avoid it as a learner because at times, it might sound off to people. I would recommend "there're" which just sounds like "therer" and you'll never go wrong, whereas "there's" might trigger some people's grammar senses sometimes.

No. Do not.  Native speakers would say "there's a kid" or "there're kids" but no one would say "there's kids, plural". It would make you sound like a yokel. 

I think I usually say there’re it’s kinda weird if you think about it too hard. I’ll use there’s typically if I haven’t thought my sentence through and the plural surprised me. But I typically wouldn’t say “there is [plural]”

For the love of God, please don't! It drives me crazy to hear it. Not everyone makes that grammatical error or was raised in an environment where its use was common. Not everyone will accept it as normal sounding. The correct alternative, on the other hand, will fly anywhere.

Depends on the sentence both of those sound fine but if you said “their are the kids” while still being fine it sounds much more awkward to say than your example and would almost always be said as “their’s the kids” “their they are” is probably the most natural instead of “their’s the kids”. Lots of options all correct really up to you which you use.

people say "there's" but "there are (there're)" is correct

Both work. Using "there's" is just more casual basically.

i think it very much depends on where you are. where i live, "there are" sounds more formal and emphasized while "there's" sounds more casual. i would say both can definitely work depending on the circumstance and who you are around! i wouldn't question it if you used "there's" because it's so common around here. "there're" is also pretty commonly used and it feels like a more casual version of "there are".

No! "There's" is a mistake that no one notices anymore.

If spoken, both “there’s” (never “there is”) and “there are” or “there’re” are all natural! But written, “there’s”!is not acceptable with plural nouns.

If spoken, both “there’s” (never “there is”) and “there are” or “there’re” are all natural! But written, “there’s”!is not acceptable with plural nouns.

Don't do it. Some of us use 'there are' naturally and to me 'there's kids around here' sounds like an error, although it is common.

As “not a native speaker,” your grammatical diversions will probably just make native speakers doubt your English language skills…

As a native speaker, I never say "there's" for plural nouns. I was actually reading a book to my niece the other night that made that mistake (something like, "there's a lot of bugs around the creek"), and when reading it aloud I automatically corrected it to "there are." But my mom was really strict about my grammar when I was a kid. I get where you're coming from, a lot of people do say "there's" when it's incorrect, but I don't think anybody would find it unnatural sounding to hear "there are" at times when it is supposed to be used.

To me, as a native speaker. “There’s” with a plural is a mistake that we make when we don’t anticipate our next words. If we immediately repeat ourselves, we will probably correct and use “are”. It’s not actually a casual, non-standard alternate.

"There's" for plural sounds very American. I don't think a native speaker would say that.

Stick with there are. There's sounds retarded.

This is true for many phrases starting with a subject that isn't clear. The "there's" in your sentence really just means the object exists. It's similar to phrases like "That's the neighborhood kids," or "It's the kids that I see sometimes." The **there**, **that** and **it** in these kinds of constructions don't add lexical meaning.

Please, please continue to use "there are" for plural nouns. That is correct and sounds more natural to me than the singular. Of course, I am a bit of a grammar nerd.

As a Southerner I hear "there's" more commonly than "there are/there're" in this situation, though it'll often be spoken with a *some* added, as in "there's some Cokes in the fridge if you want one" My best advice is to just go with what you hear most from people around you, or people from the area you intend to visit or move to.

Here in North America you hear both all the time. Using "There's" instead of "There are" used to imply the speaker was less educated/lower class. It probably still does to some level, but nobody would blink if you used it.

Most of the time I hear the singular in all instances, I've even heard it in formal news.

"There's" for plural nouns in grammatically incorrect, but it doesn't sound too wrong. No one's going to give a second thought where I live. (around nyc)

Only if you want to sound like you don't understand English grammar. This doesn't sound "more natural" and it certainly wouldn't make you sound more proficient with English.