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Estas expresiones siempre van seguidas de un sustantivo; luego, el verbo y el resto de la oración.
También se usan en forma genérica para preguntar "cuánto hay". En este caso, van seguidas del
sustantivo y luego, is / are there.
Para hacer referencia a los sustantivos incontables, se pueden utilizar los envases o las medidas
de los envases que los contienen, los cuales sí son contables...
Positive Sentences
We use there is for singular and there are for plural.
Contractions
The contraction of there is is there's.
Negative Form
The negative is formed by putting not after is or are:
Questions
To form a question we place is / are in front of there.
Again we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns.
A: Hundreds. Maybe
thousands!
(Only use an article with (These plural count (These use "much")
these: a or the) nouns use "many")
It's important to understand the difference between noncount
and count nouns when using many and much. Noncount
nouns are often used to describe large categories while count
nouns are usually more specific.
Examples:
Noncount nouns always use a singular verb. Count nouns are singular or
plural.
Examples:
Examples:
Examples: