Welcome.- the cup of tea is on the table
- there'sthea cup of tea on the table
Do you mean that I can't say "the" article after the expression "there is" ?Welcome.![]()
That would presumptuously to say that I know how to use the articles, but I only wanted to know the difference between that sentences in their specific state.No, I don't mean that. You could say 'There's the cup of tea on the table' in a specific context talking about a specific cup of tea. Your sentence however has no context and it therefore sounds odd with the definite article.
I suggest you check the many, many threads that talk about the use of articles in English.![]()
Would you mind to give (to come up with) an example of context where saying "there's the" would work?. I promise I will get out and stop annoying you all as soon as I understand where I can use thisThere's the cup of tea in the kitchen. This wouldn't work in this context.
The cup of tea is in the kitchen. This means that the specific cup of tea you mentioned earlier is in the kitchen.
There's a cup of tea in the kitchen. This means that there is an unspecified cup of tea in the kitchen, to which he is welcome.
(Of course, if you were a true friend, you'd take the tea into the other room him. With a biscuit or two.)
location (adv. in or at that place (opposed to here)![]()
simple existence ( pronoun: (used in place of a subject, and followed by the verb be and some other verbs to indicate that something exists):
This one.location (adv. in or at that place (opposed to here)
There is can be used for either location or existence - it depends on the context and the desired meaning. You asked in post #9 for examples of location. That is what we gave you. The Belfast is a ship.I'm sorry, but it's not completely clear to me. Thanks you all for your help and that you spend your time on me, but I'm not sure about some things:
You say: There's the Belfast. Doesn't this sentence carry the sense of existence? And "the" is used because there's no more Belfasts. There's the only one city, called "Belfast". I also don't understand the sense of "There's the book I was looking for". Doesn't it take the sense of existence either? By saying it, I mean that the book I was looking for just exists. Right?![]()
There is can be used for either location or existence - it depends on the context and the desired meaning. You asked in post #9 for examples of location. That is what we gave you. The Belfast is a ship.
I pointed with my finger and said to him "There is the book I was looking for." Location.
There is a book about plate tectonics that I wish to buy. It exists - no location is implied.
I pointed with my finger and said to him "Oooh, look , there's a box of chocolates that I want to buy". Location.
Since you give a location for the pen, the need to use there to indicate its location is eliminated. So we just wouldn't say "There's the pen on the table". It would just sound non-native. We might well say "There's the pen, on the table" where "on the table" is additional information after a pause, indicated by the comma.But when when it's time to say something about location:
There's the pen on the table (I borrowed somebody's pen, and when they come to me, I say that their pen is on the table. Go ahead and take it)
I don't know what's the difference between the one above and this: The pen is on the table.
that seems to be the thing I needed. Thank youSince you give a location for the pen, the need to use there to indicate its location is eliminated. So we just wouldn't say "There's the pen on the table". It would just sound non-native. We might well say "There's the pen, on the table" where "on the table" is additional information after a pause, indicated by the comma.