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The-student

#149482 Wed, 19 Oct 05 02:51 PM

Please help me somebody. I am a Norwegian student and i have trouble to understand when or where we use is and there. Is there someone who have a good and easy explanation for me???? Sad [:(]

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Mister Micawber

#149484 Wed, 19 Oct 05 03:02 PM

Welcome to English Forums, TheStudent.

Is is present simple third person singular of the main verb be, and third person singular of the present continuous and present passive verb forms:

He is happy.
He is riding his new bike.
His knee is bandaged by the doctor.

There is a locative adverb (My bike is over there in the road) and an existential place marker (There is a dent in its fender). There are other uses for there, but these are the main ones.

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Wwwdotcom

#149491 Wed, 19 Oct 05 03:22 PM

Are you sure you aren't mixing up the words and actually mean they're vs. there's?

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The-student

#149515 Wed, 19 Oct 05 05:14 PM

Sorry, wrong word in my question. It should stand. What`s the different between there and it. Here is 5 sentence where i going to fill in eihter there or it.

Put in IT or THERE, and explain your choice in each case: chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>>

a. ... is a lot of ice on the road today. >>

b. Yes, ... is pretty cold outside. >>

c. I think ... is something wrong with my car. >>

d. ... is a strange sound in the engine. >>

e. ... was lovely to meet your wife again!

I am sorry about>> the misunderstanding that I wrote. Please help me again......... Embarrassed [:$]

The-student

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paco2004

#149532 Wed, 19 Oct 05 07:08 PM

Hello

Please do it youself and put the answers here. Then we can help you.

paco

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The-student

#149538 Wed, 19 Oct 05 07:16 PM

Paco2004 wrote:

Hello

Please do it youself and put the answers here. Then we can help you.

paco

Here is my answers that I think it should be.

a. There is a lot of ice on the road today.

b. Yes, it is pretty cold outside chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>>

c. I think it is something wrong with my car.>>

d. There is a strange sound in the engine>>

e. It was lovely to meet your wife again >>

The-student

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paco2004

#149548 Wed, 19 Oct 05 07:48 PM

Hello

a. There is a lot of ice on the road today. [OK: existential "there"]
b. Yes, it is pretty cold outside [OK:weather "it"]
c. I think it is something wrong with my car. [No good]
d. There is a strange sound in the engine. [OK: existential "there"]
e. It was lovely to meet your wife again. [OK: it = to meet your wife again].

paco

paco2004

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The-student

#149549 Wed, 19 Oct 05 07:57 PM

Paco2004 wrote:
Hello

a. There is a lot of ice on the road today. [OK: existential "there"]
b. Yes, it is pretty cold outside [OK:weather "it"]
c. I think it is something wrong with my car. [No good]
d. There is a strange sound in the engine. [OK: existential "there"]
e. It was lovely to meet your wife again. [OK: it = to meet your wife again].

paco