(Þâr)
adverb- At or in that place: sit over there.
- To, into, or toward that place: wouldn't go there again.
- At that stage, moment, or point: Stop there before you make any more mistakes.
- In that matter: I can't agree with him there.
- In a readily accesible or discoverable state: The answer is out there. All we have to do is look for it.
pron.- Used to introduce a clause or sentence: There are numerous items. There must be another exit.
- Used to indicate an unspecified person in direct address: Hello there.
adjective- Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun that or those, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective that or those: That person there ought to know the directions to town.
- Nonstandard Used for emphasis between a demonstrative adjective meaning “that” or “those” and a noun: No one is sitting at that there table. Them there beans ought to be picked.
noun That place or point: stopped and went on from there.
interjection Used to express feelings such as relief, satisfaction, sympathy, or anger: There, now I can have some peace!
Usage Note: The standard rule states that when the pronoun
there precedes a verb such as
be, seem, or
appear, the verb agrees in number with the following grammatical subject:
There is a great Italian deli across the street. There are fabulous wildflowers in the hills. There seems to be a blueberry pie cooking in the kitchen. There seem to be a few trees between the green and me. Nonetheless, it is common in speech for the contraction
there's to be used when technically a plural verb is called for, as in
There's a couple of good reasons for going. The Usage Panel dislikes this construction, however. Seventy-nine percent reject the sentence
There's only three things you need to know about this book. But when
there's is followed by a compound subject whose first element is singular, the Panel feels differently: 56 percent accept the sentence
In each of us there's a dreamer and a realist, and an additional 32 percent accept it in informal usage. The Panel is even more accepting of the sentence
When you get to the stop light, there's a gas station on the left and a grocery store on the right; 58 percent accept it in formal use, while an additional 37 percent accept it in informal use. Although this usage would seem to violate the rules of subject and verb agreement, the attraction of the verb to the singular noun phrase following it is so strong that it is difficult to avoid the construction entirely. •
There may be used as an intensive adjective when placed after a noun preceded by
that, but it is considered nonstandard to place
there between
that and the noun. Thus
that there dress is not an acceptable substitute for
that dress there. This here is similarly considered nonstandard.
