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1.下面各句里的斜体部分都该删去。
- When shall you go to there?
- I found him at there.
- We could not get into there.
- He left his luggage on there.
下面各句里的斜体部分都用得不错：
- When shall you go from there?
- I walked up to there.
- We live near there.
- He passed by there.
注意：There are three chairs in there里的in是副词，不是介词。
2.There is a pen on the table和There are several boys in the room比A pen is on the table和Several boys are in the room普通得多。但尽可以说The pen is on the table和Several of the boys are in the room。
3.There are five trees behind the house里的主语是trees，所以该用are，不可用is。There are a well and a tree behind the house里的主语是a well and a tree，所以也该用are，但也有人用is，即使There is a well and two trees behind the house也有人说。下面两句都可以说：
- There is a well behind the house and also a tree.
- There are a well behind the house and also a tree.
There is five trees behind the house当然是错误的，但在口语里如下几句很普通：
- There's many feeling the same way.
- There's worse things than that.
- There's no sweets left.
- There's two of them.
4.There is a pen on the table里的is并不是不定式或动名词。注意下面第一句和第二句里用不定式to be，第三句和第四句里用动名词being：
- Would you like there to be a picture on the wall?
- I do not want there to be any misunderstanding between us.
- I never dreamt of there being a picture on the wall.
- I was wrong about there being some misunderstanding between us.
5.There is a boy at the door (who) wants to see you和There's nothing (that) stops you from seeing him if you want to等句子里的who和that在口语里往往省去。
6.James was the only man there was to see it和I hope this dictionary will prove of more use than any of its kind there has ever been里在there前面习惯没有关系代词。假使在第一句里加上了who或that，在第二句里加上了which或that，都不自然。
7.下面每组里的第一句和第二句是对的，第三句是错的：
- There is honour in being on the committee.
It is an honour to be on the committee.
There is honour to be on the committee. - There is no disgrace in failing once.
It is no disgrace to fail once.
There is no disgrace to fail once.
8.下面两句当然不错：
- There was a boy who showed me in.
- There were a number of people who came to see the circus.
但都嫌累赘，可以改作：
- A boy showed me in.
- A number of people came to see the circus.
9.下面每句里的两个there的作用不同：
- There is a garden there.
- There there is a garden.
- There, there is a garden.
- There is always the garden there to weed.
10.注意下面各句里用was there，has there been等，不用There was，there has been等：
- Not a soul was there to show us the way.
- Never has there been a more perfect silence.
- Seldom has there been less water in the brook.
- Hardly ever have there been children under fifteen who could write such good verse.
- Scarcely ever have there been fires in this neighbourhood.
- By no means can there be any quarrelling between him and his brother.
- Under no circumstances should there be any slackening in our work.
- Nowhere else can there be lakes like these.
- I have never met him, nor is there any chance of my meeting him in the future.
- Only by our joint efforts can there be any hope of success.
11.下面每组里的三句意思相同：
- Not a soul was to be seen for miles round.
There was not a soul to be seen for miles round.
Not a soul was there to be seen for miles round. - Lakes like these can be found nowhere else.
Nowhere else can lakes like these be found.
Nowhere else can there be found lakes like these.
12.There he goes! There goes the bell! 等句子里的goes不可改作is going。
