Re: Odd construct

The problem with that idea, I think, is that be is conjugated to agree
with the object, if that were true.  That is, one says, where I live,

There ARE butterflies.

but,

There IS a butterfly.

So, there does not seem to be the subject.
-M

Padraic Brown wrote:

>
> Perhaps "there" is a special subject, or null subject, like
> "it".
>
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