[General] My guess is she's in there writing a check.

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"My guess is she's in there writing a check." - The sentence comes from a movie.

My question is, if I said "My guess is she's there writing a check." ​would it be correct?
 

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It wouldn't have the same meaning. "In there" suggests that the speaker is indicating a building or a room. That wouldn't necessarily be suggested by "there".
 

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She's there writing a check doesn't work for me. It needs a preposition, which could be in, over, back, up, down,​ and probably others I can't think of.
 

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"She's at her desk. She's there writing a cheque."
"She's at the bank. She's there writing a cheque. She's at the post office, etc."
Sounds OK to me.
 

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Note for those confused: AE check = BE cheque

In a different context: AE check = BE bill

In another context: AE bill = BE banknote


 

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She's there writing a check doesn't work for me. It needs a preposition, which could be in, over, back, up, down,​ and probably others I can't think of.

So, If I said "My guess is she's over there writing a check." or "My guess is she's back there writing a check." would it be correct and would it mean the same as "My guess is she's in there writing a check." ?
 

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"Over there" suggests that the speaker can see her and might well be indicating wherever "over there" is. "Back there" suggests that she is perhaps in a back room, potentially out of sight. "In there" suggests she is in a different room (or a different building) and, again, potentially out of sight.
 

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In spoken English, I'd hear the phrase as She's there, writing a check.​ Without the comma, it needs a preposition for me.
 

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In spoken English, I'd hear the phrase as She's there, writing a check.​ Without the comma, it needs a preposition for me.

1. My guess is she's in there writing a check.
2. She's there, writing a check.

Is „writing” a Present Continuous in the both sentences?
 

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but "My guess she's writing a check in there." is present continous tense?
 

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but "My guess she's writing a check in there." is present continous tense?

"She's writing a check" is the present continuous.

Ask But in "My guess is​ she's writing a check in there", is "she's writing a check" in the present continuous?
 

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Can I add "in there" (like #11) to the sentence? or Is it wrong?
 

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