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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Using the 'present simple' in exclamatory sentences beginning with the words 'here' and 'there'
Hello dear members of the Forum!
I want to ask you something about 'present simple' tense, please. In a grammar book, I read that present simple tense could be used in exclamatory sentences beginning with the words 'here' and 'there' to talk about what is actually happening in the present.
Here are some examples:
1) There she goes!
2) Here comes the bus!
3) There goes the last bell!
[Dear members, I'd like you to help me by telling me what exactly those sentences say. Does 'present simple' in those sentences imply that the action is happening/occurring as the time the speaker speaks / utters them? Does the use of present simple imply that the speaker can see her going (in #1), the bus coming (in #2), and the last bell going (in #3) as he/she utters them?]
Hearty thanks to all.
I want to ask you something about 'present simple' tense, please. In a grammar book, I read that present simple tense could be used in exclamatory sentences beginning with the words 'here' and 'there' to talk about what is actually happening in the present.
Here are some examples:
1) There she goes!
2) Here comes the bus!
3) There goes the last bell!
[Dear members, I'd like you to help me by telling me what exactly those sentences say. Does 'present simple' in those sentences imply that the action is happening/occurring as the time the speaker speaks / utters them? Does the use of present simple imply that the speaker can see her going (in #1), the bus coming (in #2), and the last bell going (in #3) as he/she utters them?]
Hearty thanks to all.
Top answer
Laborious Does 'present simple' in those sentences imply that the action is happening/occurring as the time the speaker speaks / utters them? Yes, or immediately before. ] In combination with "Here/There", yes (hear, not see, in the last case).
- Laborious Does 'present simple' in those sentences imply that the action is happening/occurring as the time the speaker speaks / utters them?
- Yes, or immediately before.
- ] In combination with "Here/There", yes (hear, not see, in the last case).
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LaboriousDoes 'present simple' in those sentences imply that the action is happening/occurring as the time the speaker speaks / utters them?Yes, or immediately before.
LaboriousDoes the use of present simple imply that the speaker can see her going (in #1), the bus coming (in #2), and the last bell going (in #3) as he/she utters t
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Thanks GPY, for your helpful response. I hadn't seen a reply from you to my English questions for a long time. .... 
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Hello, I'd like to ask you one more thing concerning my sentences, please.
My sentences were:
1) There she goes!
2) Here comes the bus!
3) There goes the last bell!
My sentences were:
1) There she goes!
2) Here comes the bus!
3) There goes the last bell!
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Laborious2) Here the bus comes! 3) There the last bell goes!No, these aren't natural. In these kinds of exclamatory expressions, generally speaking, you put pronouns before the verb ("Here she comes!", "There she goes!") and nouns after ("Here comes the bus!", "There goes the bus!"). In cases where "here" and "there" are not exclamatory, though, it may be pos
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GPYIn cases where "here" and "there" are not exclamatory, though, it may be possible to put the noun first. For example, "There the man sat, deep in thought". (This feels more a written pattern than a spoken one.)Thanks, GPY! You used the past tense, instead of 'simple present', here. Do the meanings of the sentences (when in past tense) remain the same as th
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"There the man sat, deep in thought" is describing something that happened in the past (any time in the past), just like "The man sat, deep in thought".
"There the man sits, deep in thought" is a description of what is happening now, or it could be historical present or imagined time. It does not have quite the same immediacy or demonstrative force as "Here comes the bus!".
"There the man sits, deep in thought" is a description of what is happening now, or it could be historical present or imagined time. It does not have quite the same immediacy or demonstrative force as "Here comes the bus!".
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Sir ,present simple tense posses the form of exclamatory sentence as "there she goes" it is true sentence or not
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