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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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"Let there be love" (song title)

There's a song titled "Let there be love".

Is "there" a subject in Let there be love?

  

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anonymous Is "there" a subject in Let there be love? Yes, but it's not the only subject. The other subject is "love".

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Is "there" a subject in Let there be love?
  • Yes, but it's not the only subject.
  • The other subject is "love".
  • Existential there constructions have two subjects.
  • Each is used for a different purpose.
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anonymousIs "there" a subject in Let there be love?

Yes, but it's not the only subject. The other subject is "love".

Existential there constructions have two subjects. Each is used for a different purpose.

'there' is the subject for purposes of subject-verb inversion in questions.
The first noun phrase after the verb is the subject

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