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Mizansinha007 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
When do we use introductory in sentences and why do we use it?
Hi, teachers, please teach me as follows
There are 1000 students in our college.
Can I write this sentence without 'there'. And why do we use it?
Thanks.
There are 1000 students in our college.
Can I write this sentence without 'there'. And why do we use it?
Thanks.
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mizansinha007 Can I write this sentence without 'there'. You may, but native speakers generally do not. mizansinha007 And why do we use it?
- mizansinha007 Can I write this sentence without 'there'.
- You may, but native speakers generally do not.
- mizansinha007 And why do we use it?
- We use the existential 'there' as a subject place marker and then move the real subject farther down the sentence closer to where emphasis usually falls in English utterances—at or toward the end.
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mizansinha007Can I write this sentence without 'there'.You may, but native speakers generally do not.
mizansinha007And why do we use it?We use the existential 'there' as a subject place marker and then move the real subject farther down the sentence closer to where emphasis usually falls in English utterances—at or toward
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mizansinha007There are 1000 students in our college. Can I write this sentence without 'there'?If you want, you can change it to We have 1000 students in our college.
mizansinha007And why do we use it?We use There is, There are, There was, There were, and so on, just to cal
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