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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
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There is a book VS A book is ..
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1. There is a book on the desk.
2. A book is on the desk.
Q1) How are #1 and #2 different?
Q2) What is the part of speech for 'there'? (adjective? adverb?)
Q3) Is there any original form of #1? (Is it just form by itself or from another sentence?)
Q4) There is hardly any tea left.
I don't know how 'left' which looks the past participle can come in a there is phrase.
1. There is a book on the desk.
2. A book is on the desk.
Q1) How are #1 and #2 different?
Q2) What is the part of speech for 'there'? (adjective? adverb?)
Q3) Is there any original form of #1? (Is it just form by itself or from another sentence?)
Q4) There is hardly any tea left.
I don't know how 'left' which looks the past participle can come in a there is phrase.
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-- #1 is the usual native way. Q2) What is the part of speech for 'there'? (adjective?
- -- #1 is the usual native way.
- Q2) What is the part of speech for 'there'?
- (adjective?
- )-- I t is an existential place marker; some grammarians call it the subject.
- Q3) Is there any original form of #1?
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Q1) How are #1 and #2 different?-- #1 is the usual native way.
Q2) What is the part of speech for 'there'? (adjective? adverb?)-- It is an existential place marker; some grammarians call it the subject.
Q3) Is there any original form of #1? (Is it just form by itself or from another sentence?)-- Just a form in itself.
Q4) There is hardly any tea
Q2) What is the part of speech for 'there'? (adjective? adverb?)-- It is an existential place marker; some grammarians call it the subject.
Q3) Is there any original form of #1? (Is it just form by itself or from another sentence?)-- Just a form in itself.
Q4) There is hardly any tea
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