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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
There is
Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when there is none.
Guys,
what does there is refers to in above sentence? Can someone help me to understand the usage of one?
Thank you
POK
Guys,
what does there is refers to in above sentence? Can someone help me to understand the usage of one?
Thank you
POK
Top answer
'There is one' = there is a condition. 'There' is existential; it has no meaning. 'One' is a pronoun whose referent is 'condition'.
- 'There is one' = there is a condition.
- 'There' is existential; it has no meaning.
- 'One' is a pronoun whose referent is 'condition'.
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'There is one' = there is a condition. 'There' is existential; it has no meaning. 'One' is a pronoun whose referent is 'condition'.
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