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If you can only use the verb TO BE, could you conceive a question and an aswer like the following?
WHAT WAS THERE IN 2012?
IN 2012 THERE WAS THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE QUEEN.
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This is possible in everyday conversation, albeit the question seems a bit vague, without more context, to prompt a particular answer. e. e.
- This is possible in everyday conversation, albeit the question seems a bit vague, without more context, to prompt a particular answer.
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- what happened or existed in 2012.
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This is possible in everyday conversation, albeit the question seems a bit vague, without more context, to prompt a particular answer. In writing it does not look like the greatest English ever; in particular, "What was there in 2012?" is awkward as it is not clear whether it means "What was there in 2012?", i.e. what was in that place (some place understood from context) or "What wa
0slocawberIf you can only use the verb TO BE, could you conceive a question and an answer like the following? WHAT WAS THERE IN 2012? IN 2012 THERE WAS THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE QUEEN.
No, I could not conceive it.
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