Re: idea: environment pronoun

> Why not use it to say "there is/are" with some verb?
> The choice of verb is up to you. The French say "il y
> a" lit. "it there has". The Germans say "es gibt" lit.
> "it gives". The Spanish have a separate verb for it,
> "haber", which is "hay" without a pronoun in the
> present tense. And of course, in English we use the
> verb "to be".
>
> For example, to say "There is a book." you would say:
>
> (environmental pronoun)(some verb)("a book").
i was actually considering that. If i was going to use a verb, it would
probably be "to have".

"it" *has* a book = there is a book.
(the environment has a book in it).

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