The vs There - What's the difference?
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Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, page 536:
Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is most usually of concern, or most common or familiar.
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With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
(location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here ).
* 1623 , , The Comedy of Errors , Act 5, Scene 1,
* 1769 , , 2, viii,
* 1667 , '', 1773, James Buchanan (editor), ''The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered into Grammatical Construction ,
(figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
* 1597 '', Act 3, Scene 3, 1836, ''The Works of Shakespeare , Isaac, Tuckey, and Co.,
(location) To or into that place; thither.
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* 1623 , , Act 2, Scene 1,
* 1690 , , paragraph 4:
* 1769 , , 28, vii,
(obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
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*:: Note : Modern editions commonly render this instance of ther'' as ''where .
In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below .
* 1928 January, Captain Ferdinand Tuohy, "Why Don't We Fly?", in Popular Science ,
That place.
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That status; that position.
* 1908', C. H. Bovill (lyrics), Jerome D. Kern (music), '''', song from the musical ''Fluffy Ruffles ,
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* 1918 , , Part 1, II,
* 1895 , Sabine Baring-Gould, : Nursery Songs, XXII: The Tree in the Wood,
* 1897 , '': The Kentucky Home, in ''Four Great Americans ,
* 1904 , Uriel Waldo Cutler, , Chapter XXXI: How Sir Launcelot Found the Holy Grail,
(in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
(colloquial)
As adverbs the difference between there and the
is that there is in a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here) while the is with a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.As an interjection there
is Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.As a noun there
is that place.As a pronoun there
is Used as an expletive subject of {{term|be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.}.As an article the is
Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified.the
English
Alternative forms
* e (archaic): variant spelling of the . * (archaic) * da, teh, le (informal) * t' (Northern England)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Article
(head)- I’m reading the''' book.'' (Compare ''I’m reading '''a book. )
- The''' street in front of your house.'' (Compare '''''A street in Paris. )
- The''' men and women watched '''the''' man give '''the''' birdseed to '''the bird.
- No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
- God save the Queen!
- That apple pie was the best.
- Stern and God-fearing, the Afrikaner takes his religion seriously.
- Feed the''' hungry, clothe '''the''' naked, comfort '''the''' afflicted, and afflict '''the comfortable.
- No one in the whole country had seen it before.
- I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
- A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
- That is'' the ''hospital to go to for heart surgery.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "the")Usage notes
The word the precedes proper nouns in a number of cases, although most proper nouns use no article. There are always exceptions. See also for more information. ; Countries ** As a general rule, country names are not preceded by the . There are a few exceptions, most of which are pluralised: * The Netherlands * The Bahamas * The Solomon Islands * The Maldives * The Seychelles * The Philippines * The Yemen (can also be used without an article) * The Sudan (can also be used without an article) * The Ukraine (article dropped since 1991) * The Lebanon (usually used without the article) ** Names of countries containing specifications like kingdom', '''republic etc are used with ''the : * The United States * The United Kingdom * The United Arab Emirates * The Czech Republic ; Place names ** Some place names use a definite article * All oceans (The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean) * All seas (The Red Sea, The Bering Sea, The Caribbean Sea), and straits (The Strait of Magellan, the Bering Strait, The Bosphorus) * All rivers (The Amazon, The Nile, The Mississippi, The Seine, The Yangtze), canals (The Panama Canal, The Suez Canal) and deltas (The Nile Delta, The Orinoco Delta, The Colorado River Delta) * All art galleries (The Tate, The Louvre, The Smithsonian American Art Museum), all museums with the word museum in the name (The National Museum of Natural History, The British Museums) * Most English-language newspapers (The New York Times, The Guardian, The Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal) ; Bands ** Musical bands with a plural name are generally used with the : * The Beatles * The Rolling Stones ; Universities ** University names beginning with the word "University", and some other university names, are used with the : * The University of North Carolina * The Ohio State University * When used before an adjective which is not followed by a noun, it may refer to a group of people for which the adjective is appropriate: ** the Scottish = Scots ** the rich = rich people (considered as a group)Derived terms
* nevertheless * nonetheless * the heck * the hell * the man * the oneEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- The''' hotter, '''the better.
- The''' more I think about it, '''the weaker it looks.
- The''' more money donated, '''the''' more books purchased, and '''the more happy children.
- It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
- It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
- It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
- I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
See also
* a * an * (slang) da * (slang) de * t’ * that * this *Statistics
*there
English
Adverb
(-)- And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man, both bound together;
- The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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- To veil the heav'n, tho' darkne?s there' might well / Seem twilight ' here .
- He did not stop there , but continued his speech.
- They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there .
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- The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
- A knight there was, and that a worthy man /
- And the rarest that e’er came there .
- So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.
- There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
The Summoners's Prologue and Tale]'', in ''[[w:The Canterbury Tales, The Canterbury Tales],
- And spende hir good ther it is resonable;
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- These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see.
Usage notes
* The use of there'' instead of they're (meaning ''they are ) is a common error in English writing. * (to or into that place) ** There'' is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling attention to something, especially to something distant; as, There, there'''! See '''there'''! Look ' there ! ** There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject. ** There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See thereabout, thereafter, therefrom, etc.Synonyms
* (to or into that place) thither (archaic)Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * *Interjection
(en interjection)- There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
- There! That knot should hold.
Noun
(en noun)- You get it ready; I'll take it from there .
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
- There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]
- Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
- No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
- It's very sad but all the same, / There ’s something rather odd about Augustus.
- There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; .
- There are intentional and unintentional towns.
- If x is a positive number, then there''' exists ''[='''there is]'' a positive number y less than x.
- There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]
- Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there''' lived a woodsman with his wife.'' [=' There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]
- There''' arose a great wind out of the east.'' [=' There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]
- All in a wood there grew a fine tree,
- Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky, there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.
- On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."
- There''' seems to be some difficulty with the papers.'' [=It seems that ' there is some difficulty with the papers.]
- I expected there''' to be a simpler solution.'' [=I expected that ' there would be a simpler solution.]
- There''' are beginning to be complications.'' [=It's beginning to be the case that ' there are complications.]
- there'''for, '''there'''at, ' there under
- Hi there , young fellow.