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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Are they correct?

E.g.: There were 4 people sick.

E.g.: There is the sky vast and blue.

Are they correct?

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There were four people sick - this sounds incomplete. There were four people out sick from work today. Or There were four people who got sick from eating the tainted spinach.

— BarbaraPA

  • There were four people sick - this sounds incomplete.
  • There were four people out sick from work today.
  • Or There were four people who got sick from eating the tainted spinach.
  • There is the sky , vast and blue - this is rather poetic.
  • It's not standard prose, but it can work in a literary setting.
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There were four people sick - this sounds incomplete. There were four people out sick from work today. Or There were four people who got sick from eating the tainted spinach.

There is the sky, vast and blue - this is rather poetic. It's not standard prose, but it can work in a literary setting.
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