Re: "There can be"

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

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Andreas Johansson