The problem with pronounsslrpnk.netimage MelodiousFunk ( @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ) solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net • 2 months ago message-square8fedilinkarrow-up1265
arrow-up1265imageThe problem with pronounsslrpnk.net MelodiousFunk ( @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ) solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net • 2 months ago message-square8fedilink
minus-square _NoName_ ( @JayDee@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink12•2 months 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-square Lime Buzz (fae/she) ( @SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink9•2 months agoNice! [Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!
minus-square Sneezycat ( @sneezycat@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilink5•2 months agoI’m not a native speaker, but wouldn’t it be an adverb?
minus-square noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink6•edit-22 months agohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there depends on the use, but in this situation I’m leaning towards definition #2
“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