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Tashiro Posted 17 years ago
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Dear teachers. Please help me when you are free.
"I heard there be a dog." is a correct sentence?
"I heard there be a dog." is a correct sentence?
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- Maybe I heard it was a dog.
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I heard it was a dog. ???
I heard that a dog was there. ???
CJ
tashiro"I heard there be a dog." is a correct sentence?No. What are you trying to say? Maybe
I heard it was a dog. ???
I heard that a dog was there. ???
CJ
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Thank you for your quick reply.
Sorry, I'm poor at English.
It might have been a bad example sentence.
I found a sentence as "Let there be no misunderstanding about it."
I learned that "let O C" and "hear O C" are the same form, SVOC.
So I wondered if "there" might be able to be placed at O.
Sorry, I'
It might have been a bad example sentence.
I found a sentence as "Let there be no misunderstanding about it."
I learned that "let O C" and "hear O C" are the same form, SVOC.
So I wondered if "there" might be able to be placed at O.
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No. Your analysis is not right.
there is placed in the subject ( S ) position. It is never in the object ( O ) position.
Different rules apply to the expression let there be. It doesn't fit into the SVOC pattern quite the same way as you learned it. You will have to give that up as a model.
If I understand what you mean by SVOC, you need something like thes
there is placed in the subject ( S ) position. It is never in the object ( O ) position.
Different rules apply to the expression let there be. It doesn't fit into the SVOC pattern quite the same way as you learned it. You will have to give that up as a model.
If I understand what you mean by SVOC, you need something like thes
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