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Currently, existir is a normal intransitive verb. As such, it requires a subject that is a NP, so, either has an article or is some kind of NP that was formed without an article. The negation does not change this. However, in practice, if there is negation (as in the example), then there is no article (presumably because the negation actually is more like a determiner for the noun, despite being separated from the noun by the verb).
Existe un mayor tesoro
*Existe mayor tesoro
?No existe un mayor tesoro
Note: Maybe there is a version of "existir" that is more like "haber" (like the English "there is/there exists"). Then the NP is the complement and not the subject. In any case, the negation issue remains.
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Test example: item 15016 from tbdb10:
Currently,
existir
is a normal intransitive verb. As such, it requires a subject that is a NP, so, either has an article or is some kind of NP that was formed without an article. The negation does not change this. However, in practice, if there is negation (as in the example), then there is no article (presumably because the negation actually is more like a determiner for the noun, despite being separated from the noun by the verb).Note: Maybe there is a version of "existir" that is more like "haber" (like the English "there is/there exists"). Then the NP is the complement and not the subject. In any case, the negation issue remains.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: