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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Is there someone from Africa here?

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01font01b00102b00: Is there someone from Africa here?02font02br
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Which of the following sentences is more correct?12br
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11font11b10112b10: Is there someone from Africa here?12font12br
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11font11b10212b10: Is here someone from Afr
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11cite20Jackson661222cite20Which of the following sentences is more correct?22br
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21font21b20122b20: Is there someone from Africa here?22font22br
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21cite30Jackson661232cite30Which of the following sentences is more correct?32br
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31font31b30132b30: Is there someo
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00I would only say #1 too. The reason is that I don't think I've ever heard "here" used like in the second sentence. You usually use "Is there..." or "Are there..." when you want to know if something "exist". 050010id1
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
10I would only say #1 too. The reason is that I don't think I've ever heard "here" used like in the second sentence. You usually use "Is there..." or "Are there..." when you want to know if something "11i11u11b10exist12b12u12i10". 15012b
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11b10Yoong Liat wrote:12b12br
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11b11font10'There' in your sentence doesn't mean 'at that place'12font12b10. For example, in "There is a bird over there" the first 'there' doesn't mean 'at that place', but the second 'there' has that meaning. 
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00I know first 01i00there02i00 in the sentence such as 01i00there is a bird over there02i00 does not mean 01i00at that place02i00. 01b00But what is the function of using it and what do we call such a function?02b02br
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
10I 11b11font10would only say12font12b10 #1 too. The reason is that I don't think I've ever heard "here" used like in the second sentence. You usually use "Is there..." or "Are there..." when you want to know if something 11b10
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0I 01b01font00would say only02font02b00 #1 too. ...02br
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01font00Am I correct? 00Yes, I agree.02br
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0I agree that the use of 'there' not 'here' is correct at the start of this sentence.02br
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00We don't use structure 2.02br
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00Now, to confuse things further, 'someone' would be 'anyone' in most contexts.0-
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