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minus-squareLime Buzz (fae/she) ( SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years agoWay back when, yet still in memory, there were no pronouns.
minus-square_NoName_ ( JayDee@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years ago“there” is a pronoun in your example. You’re saying “pronouns were not there” in a ye-olden format, and “there” is standing in for a place (meaning has changed over time). 'Way back when, yet still in memory, English had no pronouns."
minus-squareLime Buzz (fae/she) ( SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoNice! [Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!
minus-squareSneezycat ( sneezycat@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI’m not a native speaker, but wouldn’t it be an adverb?
minus-squarenoodle (he/him) ( noodlejetski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there depends on the use, but in this situation I’m leaning towards definition #2
Way back when, yet still in memory, there were no pronouns.
“there” is a pronoun in your example. You’re saying “pronouns were not there” in a ye-olden format, and “there” is standing in for a place (meaning has changed over time).
'Way back when, yet still in memory, English had no pronouns."
Nice!
[Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!
I’m not a native speaker, but wouldn’t it be an adverb?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there
depends on the use, but in this situation I’m leaning towards definition #2