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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

what is there in this sent? form and function?

There was a nail in my shoe.
  

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"There" is a dummy pronoun that functions as the subject of the sentence. It's often called 'existential there'. The basic non-existential version would be "A nail was in my shoe".

— BillJ

  • "There" is a dummy pronoun that functions as the subject of the sentence.
  • It's often called 'existential there'.
  • The basic non-existential version would be "A nail was in my shoe".
  • BillJ
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"There" is a dummy pronoun that functions as the subject of the sentence. It's often called 'existential there'. The basic non-existential version would be "A nail was in my shoe".

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