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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

There was no let up

There was no let up in Opposition's protest over the demonetisation issue in the second week of the winter session of Parliament as parties on Monday forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha in the pre-noon session, asserting that no discussion on demonetisation would take place till the House mourns the nearly 70 deaths caused by hardships due to the withdrawal of higher denomination currency notes
I read the above at Rediff.com
Please explain to me the use of "there" here and how do we know when to use in my own writing?
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"there is" (and inflections) is an idiomatic pattern that expresses the existence (or in your case non-existence) of something. There is a man at the door. There were a lot of objections.

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  • "there is" (and inflections) is an idiomatic pattern that expresses the existence (or in your case non-existence) of something.
  • There is a man at the door.
  • There were a lot of objections.
  • There will be no more surprises.
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"there is" (and inflections) is an idiomatic pattern that expresses the existence (or in your case non-existence) of something.

There is a man at the door.
There were a lot of objections.
There will be no more surprises.
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