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Yanx Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
It is that... Vs there is that... sentence pattern
Hi:
Please kindly explain the following sentence pattern and which one should be chosen. What's the difference between the two options?Thanks very much!
And if poverty less of a problem and people are better educated,----is a good chance that we will see less violence and fewer wars?
A: there B: it
Best regards,
Xin Yan
Please kindly explain the following sentence pattern and which one should be chosen. What's the difference between the two options?Thanks very much!
And if poverty less of a problem and people are better educated,----is a good chance that we will see less violence and fewer wars?
A: there B: it
Best regards,
Xin Yan
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yanx And if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated there is a good chance that we will see less violence and fewer wars. a good chance exists that we will see ... there communicates the idea of the existence of something.
- yanx And if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated there is a good chance that we will see less violence and fewer wars.
- a good chance exists that we will see ...
- there communicates the idea of the existence of something.
- it can only refer back to a singular noun, and in this case that would have to be poverty or a problem .
- But you don't want to say either of these because they make no sense: *Poverty is a good chance that we will ...
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yanxAnd if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated there is a good chance that we will see less violence and fewer wars.... a good chance exists that we will see ...
there communicates the idea of the existence of something.
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