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Default Re: 226-a sentence

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Originally Posted by matilda View Post
Hello all
Is the following sentence grammatically correct and widely used?
A big house is on the corner.
I always use:
There is a big house on the corner.
Or:
A big house is located on the corner.
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Matilda
I always use the first also Matilda. The second is perfectly fine but very formal, and usually seen in writing.
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