A few days ago
Everchick

What part of speech is “there”?

What part of speech is “there” in the following sentence?

There is an old man under the tree.

Thanks!

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A few days ago
Bride of Yeshua

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There is an adverb; adverbs modify verbs.
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4 years ago
tornese
There Part Of Speech
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A few days ago
purplestarry
there (thâr)

adv.

>At or in that place: sit over there.

>To, into, or toward that place: wouldn’t go there again.

>At that stage, moment, or point: Stop there before you make any more mistakes.

>In that matter: I can’t agree with him there.

pron.

>Used to introduce a clause or sentence: There are numerous items. There must be another exit.

>Used to indicate an unspecified person in direct address: Hello there.

adj.

>Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun that or those, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective that or those: That person there ought to know the directions to town.

>Nonstandard Used for emphasis between a demonstrative adjective meaning “that” or “those” and a noun: No one is sitting at that there table. Them there beans ought to be picked.

n.

>That place or point: stopped and went on from there.

I think it is an ADVERB!!!

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A few days ago
polymath 1
THe word “there ” is an adverb of place in the sentence you have provided. It qualifies the verb”is”.

Many thanks. for the question

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Pronoun not a adverb
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A few days ago
Anonymous
adverb
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A few days ago
CiCi
‘There’ is an adverb.
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A few days ago
Dennis Fargo
A noun by definition is a person, place or thing.

There is a place.

Noun.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
the first word???

is this a tr… Ooooooooo, u mean like verb, adj, nound etc.

idk..

soz

kinda a waste of my time answering this, and your time reading this…. but…..

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