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= May 8 =

What are the structures of this specific collocation: "there is" and "there are" called in grammatical or linguistic terminology?
What is the name of this specific collocation: "there is" (/there was/ there will) and "there are" (there were / there will) in grammatical or linguistic terminology?93.126.116.89 (talk) 08:51, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * See existential clause and links therein, particularly existential quantification. No such user (talk) 10:34, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * See also Dummy_pronoun. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 20:13, 8 May 2018 (UTC)