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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

There's a lot of snow here vs. Here's a lot of snow

There's a lot of snow here vs. Here's a lot of snow

Are both of these phrases correct and do they both mean the same? If both can be used, are there stylistic differences?

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Anonymous There's a lot of snow here. You can write this in a letter to a friend. It describes your surroundings for someone who is not present with you at the scene.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous There's a lot of snow here.
  • You can write this in a letter to a friend.
  • It describes your surroundings for someone who is not present with you at the scene.
  • You can't use the expression below in this way.
  • Anonymous Here's a lot of snow.
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AnonymousThere's a lot of snow here.
You can write this in a letter to a friend. It describes your surroundings for someone who is not present with you at the scene. You can't use the expression below in this way.
AnonymousHere's a lot of snow.
This one is rare. You are pointing to the snow to show someone else what a lot
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Anonymous: There's a lot of snow here. CalifJim: You can write this in a letter to a friend.
You can also say it to someone when commenting on the current situation.

If I arrive back in Prague from a holiday in sunny Morocco, my wife, who has come to meet me at the airport, might say it when we are walking through the arrivals lounge in order to p
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fivejedjonYou can also say it to someone when commenting on the current situation.
Good point. I was, of course, focused more on what's different about the two expressions, not what's the same.
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