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Makiasan Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

"there" as a noun

My parents are from the US but they don't live there anymore.
Can you say "they don't live in there anymore"?

In the first sentence, I think the word "there" is an adverb. I sometimes see it is used with the preposition "in" as in "in there". I think this is a noun. I'd like to know when you use the word "there" as a noun.

Thank you.
  

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Makiasan Can you say "they don't live in there anymore"? No. Makiasan I'd like to know when you use the word "there" as a noun.

— Mister Micawber

  • Makiasan Can you say "they don't live in there anymore"?
  • No.
  • Makiasan I'd like to know when you use the word "there" as a noun.
  • From there (= that place), you can see Mt.
  • Fuji .
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MakiasanCan you say "they don't live in there anymore"?
No.
MakiasanI'd like to know when you use the word "there" as a noun.
From there (= that place), you can see Mt. Fuji.

Your confusion is in part because 'here' and 'there' are idiomatically free of prepositions where other nouns need them:

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Thank you very much for the reply, but I'd like to learn when you can use "in there" now. I googled a phrase "in there" and picked some sentences;
(1) Google has introduced new types of results. There's now a carousel at the top. There are now news results going in there.
(2) Must be something in there I can use.
(3) But it looks like it is Kiev that will pay if Russia ge
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MakiasanAre these sentences correct
Yes, they refer to some kind of 2- or 3-dimensional location, real or metaphorical. Your original sentence does not: 'US' is a point location there.
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I think I understand now!! Thank you so much, Mr. Micawber!

Maki
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