[pawdoggie]

"There's a lot of literate people in the Army."

On its face, the statement is correct. However, he might have made his fellow soldiers (and himself) sound a little more "literate" if the statement were gramatically correct: "There are a lot of literate people in the Army".

[JB in Whitefish]

“”There’s a lot of literate people in the Army.”

On its face, the statement is correct. However, he might have made his fellow soldiers (and himself) sound a little more “literate” if the statement were gramatically correct: “There are a lot of literate people in the Army”.”

....perhaps he’ll win the FIRST Nobel Peace Prize for

SEMI-LITERATURE....???