there
part of speech
pronoun, adverb; interjection (There, there!)
meaning for a pupil
1) There is used to say something exists or is in a place: «There are 3 birds». tree →
2) There means in that place or to that place, not here. tree →
3) There can point at something: «There goes the bus!» tree →
4) «There, there» (casual) is said to calm someone who is upset. tree →
5) (casual) «There you go», «there ya go» means here it is, or well done. tree →
6) (casual, nonstandard) People say «there's» with many things: «there's 3 left». tree →
7) (formal) Exams say «there exist», «there remain», «there is given» and old words like «therein», «thereof», «thereby». tree →
sense in the lessons
in «there are» / «there were», telling an amount; «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes; phrases: «there is», «there are», «over there», «there and back», «there you go», «get there»; in casual talk «there's 3 left», «there ya go», «nearly there», «been there, done that»; in rough talk «get over there now», «there goes my bloody pocket money»; in the exam voice «there remain», «the number thereof», «there exists a number such that»
examples
- There were 9 apples. tree →
- There are 3 birds on the roof. tree →
- How many children are there in all? tree →
- Is there any milk left? tree →
- Put your bag over there. tree →
- There goes the last bus! tree →
- There are 7 days in a week. tree →
- There's 3 left, who wants 'em? tree →
- There ya go, 2 each. tree →
- There goes my bloody pocket money, 10 dollars gone. tree →
- There remain 7 crates, each containing 12 bottles; state the number thereof. tree →
- There, there, don't cry, we'll find your teddy. tree →
note
«there is» + one thing, «there are» + many things; «there's 3» is common in speech, but school English says «there are 3». Trap: «there», «their» and «they're» sound the same. Introduces an amount; carries no operation clue. «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes. «there remain» in an exam gives what is left.
In the corpora
- There are also ways workers stand up for themselves: unions, strikes, picket lines and tribunals.
- There is rent or a mortgage, energy for heating and hot water, council tax, broadband and insurance.
- By the end of the call there is a plan, and he says, "Right.
- It does not mean the family is in danger; it means there is little left after the bills.
- Own-brand food is often made in a similar way to famous brands but costs less because there is no big advertising.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «there» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.