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Tkacka15 Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

There's no there there

"Every great American scandal follows a similar arc, historians say. One side smells nefarious behavior. The other side contends there’s no there there." (The Washington Post.)

Is the last "there" a locative one and "no there" existential in "The other side contends there’s no there there."?

  

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"? The first 'there' is existential; the last two 'there's are both locative.

— Mister Micawber

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  • The first 'there' is existential; the last two 'there's are both locative.
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tkacka15Is the last "there" a locative one and "no there" existential in "The other side contends there’s no there there."?

The first 'there' is existential; the last two 'there's are both locative.

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