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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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were there/there were
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00 Many old friends 01 b 00 there were 02 b 00 or Many old friends 01 b 00 were there. 02 b 00 If I put "there" at the beginning then this would be: There were many old friends, but if I put "Many" as the first word, I start to get confused. 02 br
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00 I don't know why, but somehow I'm not sure which of these two is correct [:^)] I know that for example if you put "only" at the beginning of the sentence, then there is some inversion further in the sentence. 0-
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00 Many old friends 01 b 00 there were 02 b 00 or Many old friends 01 b 00 were there. 02 b 00 If I put "there" at the beginning then this would be: There were many old friends, but if I put "Many" as the first word, I start to get confused. 02 br
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00 I don't know why, but somehow I'm not sure which of these two is correct [:^)] I know that for example if you put "only" at the beginning of the sentence, then there is some inversion further in the sentence. 0-
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0 **Many old friends 01 b 00 there were [would not use it 02 br 02 b 02 br 00 Many old friends were 01 b 00 there 02 b 00 [there= 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 02 br 01 b 00 There were 02 b 00 many old friends (around) [There IS NOT 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 00 here, but it shows existence 0-
- 0 **Many old friends 01 b 00 there were [would not use it 02 br 02 b 02 br 00 Many old friends were 01 b 00 there 02 b 00 [there= 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 02 br 01 b 00 There were 02 b 00 many old friends (around) [There IS NOT 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 00 here, but it shows existence 0-
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0 **Many old friends 01 b 00 there were [would not use it 02 br
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00 Many old friends were 01 b 00 there 02 b 00 [there= 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 02 br
01 b 00 There were 02 b 00 many old friends (around) [There IS NOT 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 00 here, but it shows existence 0-
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00 Many old friends were 01 b 00 there 02 b 00 [there= 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 02 br
01 b 00 There were 02 b 00 many old friends (around) [There IS NOT 01 i 00 in that place 02 i 00 here, but it shows existence 0-
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00 If you intend to mean ' 01 i 00 There were many old friends 02 i 00 ' (= many old friends existed), then neither alternative sentence is acceptable. 0-
00 If you intend to mean ' 01 i 00 There were many old friends 02 i 00 ' (= many old friends existed), then neither alternative sentence is acceptable. 0-
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0 Hi 02 br
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00 So, the correct one would be: I went to Tom's place and saw that many of my old friends were there (instead of "there were"). Right? 0-
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00 So, the correct one would be: I went to Tom's place and saw that many of my old friends were there (instead of "there were"). Right? 0-
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