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Jerry Chen
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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: A grammar question for EFL teachers |
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Hello,
In English, we say:
There arrived our guests.
There happened a robbery.
If we replace "our guests" by "them" and "a robbery" by "it," is it correct to say:
There they arrived.
There it happened.
Thanks for your help!! |
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onlineKate
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fiist thing i want to say is i'm not a efl teacher at all, actually i' m also a esl english learner as well. however i'd like to say that in my feeling your sentence is correct.because i'm sure you have heard the phrase "here you go!"in conversations or movies before, havent you?
wish that helped. 
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Lorikeet
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: Re: A grammar question for EFL teachers |
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| Jerry Chen wrote: |
Hello,
In English, we say:
There arrived our guests.
There happened a robbery.
If we replace "our guests" by "them" and "a robbery" by "it," is it correct to say:
There they arrived.
There it happened.
Thanks for your help!! |
On the other hand, I'd never say "There arrived our guests." or "There happened a robbery." I'd say, "A robbery happened there." if that's what you meant. Why do you want to put "there" in the front?
Instead of "There it happened" I'd say "It happened there." or "That's where it happened." |
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