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The-student Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Difference between There and is...

Please help me somebody. I am a Norwegian student and i have trouble to understand when or where we use is and there. Is there someone who have a good and easy explanation for me????Emotion: sad
  

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Welcome to English Forums, TheStudent. Is is present simple third person singular of the main verb be , and third person singular of the present continuous and present passive verb forms: He is happy. He is riding his new bike.

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  • Welcome to English Forums, TheStudent.
  • Is is present simple third person singular of the main verb be , and third person singular of the present continuous and present passive verb forms: He is happy.
  • He is riding his new bike.
  • His knee is bandaged by the doctor .
  • There is a locative adverb ( My bike is over there in the road ) and an existential place marker ( There is a dent in its fender ).
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Welcome to English Forums, TheStudent.

Is is present simple third person singular of the main verb be, and third person singular of the present continuous and present passive verb forms:

He is happy.
He is riding his new bike.
His knee is bandaged by the doctor.


There is a locative adverb (My bike is over
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Are you sure you aren't mixing up the words and actually mean they're vs. there's?
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Sorry, wrong word in my question. It should stand. What`s the different between there and it. Here is 5 sentence where i going to fill in eihter there or it.



Put in IT or THERE, and explain your choice in each case:



a. ... is a lot of ice on the road today.

b. Yes, ... is pretty cold outside.

c. I think ... is something wrong with my car
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Hello

Please do it youself and put the answers here. Then we can help you.

paco
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Paco2004Hello

Please do it youself and put the answers here. Then we can help you.

paco

Here is my answers that I think it should be.

a. There is a lot of ice on the road today.

b. Yes, it is pretty cold outside

c. I think
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Hello

a. There is a lot of ice on the road today. [OK: existential "there"]
b. Yes, it is pretty cold outside [OK:weather "it"]
c. I think it is something wrong with my car. [No good]
d. There is a strange sound in the engine. [OK: existential "there"]
e.
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Paco2004Hello

a. There is a lot of ice on the road today. [OK: existential "there"]
b. Yes, it is pretty cold outside [OK:weather "it"]
c. I think it is something wrong with my car. [No good]
d. There is a strange sound in the engine. [
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The "it" in e is called "provisional it" or "anticipatory it". The "it" is a pronoun to substitute the infinitival clause.

paco
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