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- 13-Aug-2011, 20:08 #1
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there is and have got Hi ,
I would like to ask the difference between there is and have.
For example,
I have two friends at university = There are my two friends at university.
Are they same?
Thanks
- 13-Aug-2011, 21:03 #2
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Re: there is and have got No, those are not equivalent.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
- 13-Aug-2011, 21:15 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster there is and have got so , what is the difference?
- 13-Aug-2011, 21:29 #4
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Teacher Re: there is and have got I have two friends at university = There are two people at university who are my friends.
- 13-Aug-2011, 21:50 #5
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Teacher Re: there is and have got I have two friends at university = There are a lot of people at university but only two of them are my friends.
Originally Posted by esmaa 
There are my two friends at university = (not natural English but could be taken to mean) "Oh look over there, at the university. My two friends are visible".
There are two friends at university = There are two people at university who are the friends of someone else, or friends of mine, or just friends with each other.
As far as your title is concerned, there is rarely a link between "There is" and "have got".
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