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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

There still had to be hope

Hi,

She told him there still had to be hope.

What does 'there' mean here?

What does 'be hope' mean? Is 'hope' a noun here?

What does the words in bold mean?

Thanks a lot.
  

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"there still had to be hope" is a clause that is the object of the verb "told". It is the same basic structure as " There is a book on the table" - "there" is a pronoun that stands in for the subject. "hope" is a noun, predicate object of the verb "had to be" The clause translates roughly as "hope still must exist"

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  • "there still had to be hope" is a clause that is the object of the verb "told".
  • It is the same basic structure as " There is a book on the table" - "there" is a pronoun that stands in for the subject.
  • "hope" is a noun, predicate object of the verb "had to be" The clause translates roughly as "hope still must exist"
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"there still had to be hope" is a clause that is the object of the verb "told".
It is the same basic structure as "There is a book on the table" - "there" is a pronoun that stands in for the subject.
"hope" is a noun, predicate object of the verb "had to be"
The clause translates roughly as "hope still must exist"
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Hi,

She told him there still had to be hope.

What does 'there' mean here?

What does 'be hope' mean? Is 'hope' a noun here?

What does the words in bold mean?
She told him that hope still had to exist.
She told him that it was still necessary for hope to exist.

Best wishes, Clive
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Many thanks to both of you.
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