"There be ... " Or "There have"
In the past, what I got learn from my English teacher and looked though grammar books, "There have" could not be allowed to agree in grammatical rules. But recent years, I found many writers like using "there have ...".
My question is "There have " is formal or informal way ? Can we use such this during both speaking and writing?
Thank you.
E.G.:
There are many reasons.
There have been many reasons.
Search from various English teachers...
Answers · 3
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Yes, "there have..." is used a lot. But "there be..." can be used in modern English. For example:
Wow, there are a lot of people here! How could there be so many people?
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As Robert said. That's the only example that came to my mind as well.
Any example to go on?
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There must have been a reason for you asking this quesiton.
There have been examples in you reading, perhaps.
There have to be examples somewhere. (Same but different tense, I guess)
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I can't think of a common, modern usage for "There be..."
There be dragons there. <-- not modern.
Let there be light.
Let there be noise.
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So, context? Examples?
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The only example I can think of is 'there have been.....'
there have been many rainy days this year.
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