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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Here live a lot of people/ Here lives a lot of people/ there live a lot of people here?

Here live a lot of people/ Here lives a lot of people/ there live a lot of people here/ there lives a lot of people here?

Are they all correct?

According to grammars, the English word order should be Emotion: time, subject, verb, manner, place, time. But still I've seen it written many times "Here live(s)..." So, is it acceptable and if it is, in which contexts?

Thank you very much for your answers.

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The second and fourth are incorrect. The first and third are not very natural. Where have you seen such forms many times?

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  • The second and fourth are incorrect.
  • The first and third are not very natural.
  • Where have you seen such forms many times?
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The second and fourth are incorrect. The first and third are not very natural. Where have you seen such forms many times?
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When i tried to search them in google.. and yes, i know you can find anything in google and that is why i'm asking it here.

So the best way to say it would be "A lot of people live here"?
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And what about "Here are many hotels" vs. "There are many hotels here" ?
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AnonymousHere live a lot of people/ Here lives a lot of people/ there live a lot of people here/ there lives a lot of people here?
You are working with locative inversion here. In my opinion it more literary to use such inversions. They rarely occur in everyday conversation.

A lot of people live here. (ordinary and usual)
Here live a lot of peo
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