meaning “there was”
I've just come across it's meaning "there was (glass everywhere)", Shameless US S09E12, minute 55:18.
Is my interpretation right? Even closed captions agree with it.
american-english formality speech contractions
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I've just come across it's meaning "there was (glass everywhere)", Shameless US S09E12, minute 55:18.
Is my interpretation right? Even closed captions agree with it.
american-english formality speech contractions
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This is all very unclear. Add more context to your question. Give sentences around your phrase. Also links. What exactly do you want the meaning of? "there was"? Are there two sources, sound and text?
– Mitch
yesterday
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I've just come across it's meaning "there was (glass everywhere)", Shameless US S09E12, minute 55:18.
Is my interpretation right? Even closed captions agree with it.
american-english formality speech contractions
asked yesterday
GJCGJC
330212
I've just come across it's meaning "there was (glass everywhere)", Shameless US S09E12, minute 55:18.
Is my interpretation right? Even closed captions agree with it.
american-english formality speech contractions
american-english formality speech contractions
asked yesterday
GJCGJC
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GJCGJC
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GJCGJC
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GJCGJC
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This is all very unclear. Add more context to your question. Give sentences around your phrase. Also links. What exactly do you want the meaning of? "there was"? Are there two sources, sound and text?
– Mitch
yesterday
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This is all very unclear. Add more context to your question. Give sentences around your phrase. Also links. What exactly do you want the meaning of? "there was"? Are there two sources, sound and text?
– Mitch
yesterday
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This is all very unclear. Add more context to your question. Give sentences around your phrase. Also links. What exactly do you want the meaning of? "there was"? Are there two sources, sound and text?
– Mitch
yesterday
This is all very unclear. Add more context to your question. Give sentences around your phrase. Also links. What exactly do you want the meaning of? "there was"? Are there two sources, sound and text?
– Mitch
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I think the two terms are finding a common use without being related.
If a sentence said "It's (it is) glass everywhere" or "there was glass everywhere" I would take them to be reporting the result of, say, a baseball breaking through the window. Each answers the question, "What happened when the window broke?"
Depending on the context and goal of the speaker both terms would work. Using them interchangeably elsewhere would not be clear.
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I think the two terms are finding a common use without being related.
If a sentence said "It's (it is) glass everywhere" or "there was glass everywhere" I would take them to be reporting the result of, say, a baseball breaking through the window. Each answers the question, "What happened when the window broke?"
Depending on the context and goal of the speaker both terms would work. Using them interchangeably elsewhere would not be clear.
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I think the two terms are finding a common use without being related.
If a sentence said "It's (it is) glass everywhere" or "there was glass everywhere" I would take them to be reporting the result of, say, a baseball breaking through the window. Each answers the question, "What happened when the window broke?"
Depending on the context and goal of the speaker both terms would work. Using them interchangeably elsewhere would not be clear.
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I think the two terms are finding a common use without being related.
If a sentence said "It's (it is) glass everywhere" or "there was glass everywhere" I would take them to be reporting the result of, say, a baseball breaking through the window. Each answers the question, "What happened when the window broke?"
Depending on the context and goal of the speaker both terms would work. Using them interchangeably elsewhere would not be clear.
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ElliotElliot
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I think the two terms are finding a common use without being related.
If a sentence said "It's (it is) glass everywhere" or "there was glass everywhere" I would take them to be reporting the result of, say, a baseball breaking through the window. Each answers the question, "What happened when the window broke?"
Depending on the context and goal of the speaker both terms would work. Using them interchangeably elsewhere would not be clear.
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This is all very unclear. Add more context to your question. Give sentences around your phrase. Also links. What exactly do you want the meaning of? "there was"? Are there two sources, sound and text?
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