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Re: Odd construct

From:Matthew Kehrt <matrix14@...>
Date:Friday, October 12, 2001, 2:14
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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Robert Hailman <robert@...>