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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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four members in / of

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00(i)There are four members in / of their family.02br
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1i00 There are four members in their family.02i02br
00Only this one works.02br
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0 What about02br
00There are four members of their family. (The other three aren't here.) 0-
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0 Hi,02br
00In everyday English, you'd usually hear 'There are four01u00 people02u00 in their family'.02br
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00Clive 0-
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01cite10optilang12cite10What about12br
10There are four members of their family. (The other three aren't here.) 12br
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10 Ah! Different 01i00there02i00. (Locative 01i00there02i00, not existential 01i00there02i00.) I
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0> In everyday English, you'd usually hear 'There are four01u00 people02u00 in their family'.02br
00I agree with Clive 0-
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11blockquote
11cite20optilang22cite20What about 22br
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20There are four members of their family. (21b20The other three aren't here22b20.) 22br
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20 Ah! Different 11i10there12i
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0 There are four members of their family (coming out of the church). The other three members are still inside the church and can't be seen yet.0-
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1i00There is a problem regarding these documents.02i00 A problem 01u00exists02u00. Existential 01i00there02i00.02br
00(pointing to the person) 01i01u00There02u00 is a member of their family02i00. A member of their family is 01u00at that location02u00.
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