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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Right there vs. over there
The ticket booth is there.
The ticket booth is right there.
The ticket booth is over there.
What is the difference in meaning between the sentences above?
Which of the sentences above are appropriate to use if I'm giving someone a direction?
Please help. Thank you.
The ticket booth is right there.
The ticket booth is over there.
What is the difference in meaning between the sentences above?
Which of the sentences above are appropriate to use if I'm giving someone a direction?
Please help. Thank you.
Top answer
The ticket booth is there. -- very easily visible The ticket booth is over there. -- may be out of sight; at a farther distance than the other two.
- The ticket booth is there.
- -- very easily visible The ticket booth is over there.
- -- may be out of sight; at a farther distance than the other two.
- - Any or all
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The ticket booth is there. -- easily visible
The ticket booth is right there.-- very easily visible
The ticket booth is over there. -- may be out of sight; at a farther distance than the other two.
What is the difference in meaning between the sentences above?-- See above
Which of the sentences above
The ticket booth is right there.-- very easily visible
The ticket booth is over there. -- may be out of sight; at a farther distance than the other two.
What is the difference in meaning between the sentences above?-- See above
Which of the sentences above
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AnonymousThe ticket booth is there.
This would usually follow a statement giving a location, such as:
Go to the corner of 1st avenue and Broadway. The ticket booth is there.
AnonymousThe ticket booth is right there.This one is similar to the first but the word 'right' emphasises the location 'there'
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Thank you, Mister Micawber and Anne58, for your explanations. That makes sense. I now understand the difference. 
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