Timeline for What are the combinations of "there-is" or "there-are" called in English grammar terms?
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| May 14, 2018 at 12:42 | history | edited | Virtuous Legend | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 13, 2018 at 23:10 | comment | added | Lambie | Il y a is both there is and there are and is invariable (can be followed by a singular noun or plural noun). No dashes. | |
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| Mar 22, 2018 at 5:20 | history | edited | Jasper |
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| Mar 9, 2018 at 16:06 | comment | added | Canadian Yankee | @standon - Of course you're correct. I suppose you could say that English has the contraction there's, which is as much one word as il-y-a is. In casual conversation, many people even use there's as a contraction for there are, even though that's not strictly correct. | |
| Mar 9, 2018 at 15:46 | comment | added | stangdon | @CanadianYankee - Technically, il-y-a isn't one word either; you could gloss it as "he-there-has". :-) | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 21:10 | comment | added | Canadian Yankee | If you're looking for the equivalent of the Spanish "hay" or the French "il-y-a," then I'm afraid you won't find it. As a native English speaker, I've found it cool that other languages express "there is" as a single word, but English just doesn't do that. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 18:59 | history | edited | Virtuous Legend | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 18:24 | answer | added | stangdon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 18:24 | answer | added | Lambie | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 18:21 | history | edited | Virtuous Legend | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 18:11 | history | asked | Virtuous Legend | CC BY-SA 3.0 |