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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Is or is there

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In the sentece What is inside the chest? Is it wrong to rewritten it like What is there inside the chest?
  

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Not wrong, but unnecessary. It is often spoken that way, but normally the 'there' is only useful at the front of the sentence as an 'introductory there '.

  • Not wrong, but unnecessary.
  • It is often spoken that way, but normally the 'there' is only useful at the front of the sentence as an 'introductory there '.
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Not wrong, but unnecessary. It is often spoken that way, but normally the 'there' is only useful at the front of the sentence as an 'introductory there'.

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