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Kooyeen Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

What/When/Where + is there...

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There is a ball in the box ----> What is there in the box? (This seems to be the question...)

But since I know that it is more idiomatic to say "What is in the box", I was wondering about these other similar questions:

  • There is a park near your home ----- Where is there a park?

  • There will be a concert next month ----- When will there be a concert? When are there a concert?
As in the case of "What is in the box", I wonder if the examples I've posted are ok and if I should take "there" away.

Thank you.
  

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res=9C0DE2DF1E38F937A2575AC0A9679C8B63 Where is there any evidence of President Bush ... res=F30A13FC3B550C728CDDAF0894DB404482 Where is there even a park? res=9C02E6DE1231F93AA35755C0A9609C8B63 Where is there any leadership in this country ...

  • res=9C0DE2DF1E38F937A2575AC0A9679C8B63 Where is there any evidence of President Bush ...
  • res=F30A13FC3B550C728CDDAF0894DB404482 Where is there even a park?
  • res=9C02E6DE1231F93AA35755C0A9609C8B63 Where is there any leadership in this country ...
  • res=F20F17FD3C5F0C718DDDAC0894D8404482 ...
  • 'When, when will there be an end to the suffering .
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When the question word is what and the complement gives a location (e.g., in the box), we usually drop the there of existence (the there of there is ... or there are ...) because it gets confused with the there of place (the there that means in that place). We keep the there of existence with other question words (when, wh
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Thank you so much! [y] Now I'm really clear about that.

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