We know the meaning of "ha" in Chinese. In English, we sometimes use have/ has, and sometimes use there be (there is/there are) to express it. So what is the difference between them?
Okay, let’s look at four sentences first:
1. There is a book on the desk. There is a book on the desk.
2.How many people are there in your family? How many people are there in your family?
3.I have three pencils.
4.The dog has three legs.
▉Complete summary
1. In the first and second sentences above, we see that they mainly refer to the existence of someone or something in a certain place, and it focuses on the meaning of "existence". In sentences 3 and 4, he emphasizes what someone has, and he emphasizes the relationship to which he belongs, focusing on "owning".
That is to say, in Chinese, it also means "have". In English, if it means "existence", what exists in a certain place, then we say there be; what someone or something has, then we use have or has.
▉In-depth understanding of the meaning of
1. There are many books in the library. There are many books in the library. This sentence emphasizes whether you have books in a place like the library? No, "library" is the location, it means: "exist" many books in this place of the library.
2.He has many books .He has many books
This sentence emphasizes that the book belongs to him, is his personal belonging, and is a lot of books that emphasize that he "owns".
Word use
In terms of use, if we are using "someone owns something", we focus on the subject of the sentence: if the subject is the third person he /she/ it, etc., we use has, not have.
If it means that someone and something exists in a certain place, we use there is /there are. Then if the number of expressions is the plural of countable nouns, we use there are. In other cases (uncountable nouns and countable nouns singular) we use there is.
▉It is easy to make mistakes
Somewhere there be? It is possible to mix with some other words and may cause some errors. For example: There are many students in our class
. If translated into There have many students in our class .
, it is wrong! There needs to be changed to be be. Because there in our sentence, there needs to be followed by be verb to form a complete there be sentence structure, which means "have".
Next week we will have a meeting at our school.
There is going to have a meeting in our school next week. Error
There is going to be a meeting in our school next week. That’s all for today’s sharing of
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