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Re: "There can be"

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Monday, April 14, 2008, 15:22
Quoting caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:

> >MorphemeAddict@... wrote: > > >I disagree that this is a locative inversion. "There" in "there > >is/are" is a particle, not used for any other purpose. One can > >say "There are no books there", and the second "there" is a locative, > >but not the first. > > If "there" is locative, I wonder how far away one has to stand to use > it. It seems to me that, if one is right on top of the mouse, one > should say, "here is a mouse on the cheese."
If you're standing right on top of the mouse, it's an ex-mouse. :p -- Andreas Johansson