EXISTENTIAL SENTENCE
EXISTENTIAL SENTENCE. A SENTENCE stating that something exists, usually consisting of there, the verb be, and an indefinite noun phrase: There's a tavern in the town. There must be somebody we can ask. Where more information follows (as in There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, who had … ), there can be dispensed with (An old woman lived in a shoe, who had … ). When there is used like this, as a prop subject, the newness of the information in the sentence is emphasized. That there is subject-like is shown by its use in question tags: There's no problem, is there? Existential there-sentences can also occur with some other verbs: There came a big spider, and sat down beside her; There then began a time of great fear. See GRAMMAR.
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1. A cry; a sudden loud or emphatic utterance: Hey! Ouch!
2. A SENTENCE that conveys a strong emotion: Please leave me alone!
3. Also ex…
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