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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Word order problem

I'm not sure about what is there
or
I'm not sure about what there is?
Which one of these sentences is correct (and why?)
Thanks in advance.
  

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Anonymous I'm not sure about what is there. or I'm not sure about what there is. They're both correct, but the meanings are different.

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  • Anonymous I'm not sure about what is there.
  • or I'm not sure about what there is.
  • They're both correct, but the meanings are different.
  • In the first one, "there" is an adverb.
  • Where is it?
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AnonymousI'm not sure about what is there.
or I'm not sure about what there is.
They're both correct, but the meanings are different.
In the first one, "there" is an adverb. Where is it? It's over there.
In the second one, "there" indicates that something exists. There is still some time left.
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The sentence, "I'm not sure about what is there.", seems okay grammatically, but it sounds a little strange, ominous even, to my ears. Thus, the only place you might hear it used is in a monster movie: "Go check out that abandoned campsite. I'm not sure about what is there."

The sentence, "I'm not sure about what there is.", doesn't sound quite right - it seems incomplete somehow. I
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Well, we might have a job for you. I'm not sure about what there is right now. (what exists)
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