
[Middle English, from Old English thǣr, thēr.]
USAGE NOTE The standard rule states that when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be, seem, or appear, the verb agrees in number with the following grammatical subject: There is a great Italian deli across the street. There are fabulous wildflowers in the hills. There seems to be a blueberry pie cooking in the kitchen. There seem to be a few trees between the green and me. Nonetheless, it is common in speech for the contraction there's to be used when technically a plural verb is called for, as in There's a couple of good reasons for going. The Usage Panel dislikes this construction, however. Seventy-nine percent reject the sentence There's only three things you need to know about this book. But when there's is followed by a compound subject whose first element is singular, the Panel feels differently: 56 percent accept the sentence In each of us there's a dreamer and a realist, and an additional 32 percent accept it in informal usage. The Panel is even more accepting of the sentence When you get to the stop light, there's a gas station on the left and a grocery store on the right; 58 percent accept it in formal use, while an additional 37 percent accept it in informal use. Although this usage would seem to violate the rules of subject and verb agreement, the attraction of the verb to the singular noun phrase following it is so strong that it is difficult to avoid the construction entirely. • There may be used as an intensive adjective when placed after a noun preceded by that, but it is considered nonstandard to place there between that and the noun. Thus that there dress is not an acceptable substitute for that dress there. This here is similarly considered nonstandard.
Idioms beginning with there:
there's no accounting for tastes
there's no fool like an old fool
there's no time like the present
there but for the grace of God go I
thereby hangs a tale
there's no telling
See also all there; get there; hang in (there); here and there; here, there, and everywhere; in there pitching; neither here nor there; no smoke without (where there's smoke there's) fire; nothing to it (there's); somebody up there loves me; take it from here (there); then and there; where there's a will; while there's life there's hope.
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - der, derhen, dertil, deri, i det
int. - se så!, der!
pron. - der
adj. - sådan en
n. - dér
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Nederlands (Dutch)
er, daar, aldaar, daarheen, wat dat betreft
Français (French)
adv. - là, voilà, là-bas
int. - voilà!, alors (excl), allons (excl), allez (excl), tenez (excl), voyons (excl), eh bien (excl)
pron. - il (impersonnel), il y a, il
adj. - présent, là
n. - y, en
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Deutsch (German)
adv. - da, dort drüben, dahin, dorthin
pron. - da, es
n. - dort
int. - da, na
adj. - da
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Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - εκεί, να, επιτέλους
pron. - εκεί
n. - σημείο, τόπος
int. - να!, ορίστε!
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Português (Portuguese)
adv. - lá, acolá, aí, ali, nesse ou naquele lugar
n. - lá, esse lugar, esse ponto
int. - lá!, acolá!
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Русский (Russian)
там, в этом отношении, на этом, (усиление сказанного) вот, вон ("вон он пришел!"), то место, (междом.)"вот тебе!" "нате вам!", служит для привлечения внимания ("вон, посмотри какая красота!")
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Español (Spanish)
adv. - allí, ahí, hacia allá, hacia allí, por allí, eso es todo, ahí estamos, este, esta
int. - eh!, toma!, vaya!, mira!
pron. - utilizado en el comienzo de una frase cuando el verbo se coloca antes que el sujeto, aquel
adj. - utilizado como énfasis, especialmente cuando el sujeto está modificado por un adjetivo demostrativo
n. - estado o condición
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Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - där, dit, därnere, därinne, därute, dit ner, dit in, dit ut
pron. - där, det
n. - det
int. - så där!, så där ja!, titta vad du gjort!, såja!, seså!
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在那里, 向那里, 到那里, 在那时, 你瞧, 喂, 好啦, 那里, 那里的, 那个地方
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在那裡, 向那裡, 到那裡, 在那時
int. - 你瞧, 喂, 好啦
pron. - 那裡
adj. - 那裡的
n. - 那個地方, 那裡
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한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 그곳에 , 저기, 서쪽
int. - 거봐!, 그래그래!
pron. - ~이 있다, ~이 일어나다
adj. - 거기, 저기, 이봐
n. - 거기, 저기, 거기를
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日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - そこに, あそこに, そのとき, そこで, その点で, …がある, そこ
int. - それ, まあまあ
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العربيه (Arabic)
(ظرف) في تلك ألمسأله أو ألنقطه, هناك (ضمير) هناك (الاسم) الى هناك (نداء) هوذا
עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - שם, לשם, שמה, כאן, הנה, בנקודה זו, מבחינה זו
int. - מילת אישור, ניצחון, בהלה, ניחומים
pron. - שם, בנקודה זו
adj. - פה (מילת הדגשה)
n. - שם, המקום ההוא, המצב ההוא