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84HGabor Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
It's = there's ?
Hi!
Can the "there is" form be replaced with "it is" in cases like "IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THAT." meaning that "there's a difference between this and that"?
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"IT IS ONLY ONE WINDOW IN MY ROOM." (There is only one window in my room.)
Can the "there is" form be replaced with "it is" in cases like "IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THAT." meaning that "there's a difference between this and that"?
or
"IT IS ONLY ONE WINDOW IN MY ROOM." (There is only one window in my room.)
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84HGabor Can the "there is" form be replaced with "it is" in cases like ... No. Not in standard English.
- 84HGabor Can the "there is" form be replaced with "it is" in cases like ...
- No.
- Not in standard English.
- S.
- CJ
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84HGaborCan the "there is" form be replaced with "it is" in cases like ...No. Not in standard English. It may be a regionalism, but it's not standard, and I don't believe I've ever heard it here in the U.S.
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