[文法] How many ... are there

[vince02 (日薄西山 氣息奄奄)]

How many students were there in the classroom?

請問這個句型裡面的there可不可以省略啊？

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推 BLUEMILTON:不可以  變成直述句是
→ BLUEMILTON:There are XXX (數字) students in the classroom.
→ dunchee:這不是可不可以的問題。單獨以這句子來看，兩個版本都可以
→ dunchee:都正確，意思也幾乎一樣(因為只有一個句子，沒有context，
→ dunchee:所以無法判定)  參考:
→ dunchee:http://ppt.cc/Cyp~  http://ppt.cc/@1Kz
→ dunchee:http://ppt.cc/H!w1