The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology (ODLT)


existential sentence
Definition - A sentence that states that something exists.
Notes:
1. It usually consists of there plus the verb be and an indefinite noun phrase.

Example -

(1) There's a good bar in this town.
(2) There must be somebody who can help us.



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