Representing when, where, how and why

Students' problems

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There and there be

Some students confuse the use of there as an adverb indicating place and the use of there be to indicate existence:

Now I like England because there is very green and the people are very kind. (TeleNex Students)

Then we took a bus and went to Ocean Park. There was very beautiful.
(TeleNex Students)

Generally there as an adverb indicating place does not occur before the verb. In such sentences, it should be used as subject and there (usually optional) should come after the adjective:

Now I like England because it is very green (there) and the people are very kind.

Then we took a bus and went to Ocean Park. It was very beautiful (there).

For further information about using there to indicate place, see Representing when, where, how and why: Representing where (p 2).

For further information about using there be to indicate existence, see Representing being and having: Using there be to represent existence and location.

 Introduction
 Using on with days of the week
Using in as a time preposition
Between ... and ...
There and there be
Using on for forms of public transport
Between and among
Hard and hardly
Adjectives ending in -ly
Good and well
It is because
Prepositional phrase or conjunction?