How many of you will there be? - English example sentence

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Silja April 12, 2014 April 12, 2014 at 10:56:33 PM UTC

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Shouldn't this rather be:
"How many of you will be there?"

witbrock April 13, 2014 April 13, 2014 at 4:26:38 AM UTC

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No... the English sentence is the first one, so if the translations are wrong they should be changed. I think that you aren't recognising the use of the pleonastic "there" here. "How many of you will be there?" means something completely different from "How many of you will there be?" (the latter sentence, and the intended one, is the sort of thing one might be asked when booking a restaurant).

Silja April 13, 2014 April 13, 2014 at 12:20:53 PM UTC

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Ok, thank you for the explanation! :)