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Ye Thu Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The use of "there" in a sentence

(1) We do not always know what products are there on the market.
(2) We do not always know what products are there avilable.
(3) We do not always know what products are there avilable on the market.
Are these three sentences grammatical and what does "there" in the sentences mean?
Thanks a million.
  

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You have the wrong word order in your sentences. Avilable is not English; available is. We do not always know what products there are on the market.

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  • You have the wrong word order in your sentences.
  • Avilable is not English; available is.
  • We do not always know what products there are on the market.
  • The same word order should be used in all three sentences.
  • There means nothing.
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You have the wrong word order in your sentences. Avilable is not English; available is.

We do not always know what products there are on the market.

The same word order should be used in all three sentences. There means nothing. It has been called various things by grammarians. Some call it a dummy 'there', others call it a formal subject and so
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(1) We do not always know what products there are on the market.
(2) We do not always know what products there are available.
(3) We do not always know what products there are available on the market.

"there is/are" is an idiomatic expression used to state the existence of something. The word "there" does not really have a separable meaning. It s
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