new ways

liyviyvuvo

THERE IS - implies space parameter
EXIST - implies existentiality
ARE-IS

what other ways are available to express something cleanly, without implying - inadvertently creating unrequired

there are 5 possibilities to do that
5 possibilities exist to do that
5 possibilities are

DavidCrosbie

@liyviyvuvo
First of all, possibilities to do that is problematic.
In almost every context I can think of it's ungrammatical.

I can just about accept possibility to do that as meaning
'opportunity that has been provided so that someone can do that',
but I don't think this is what you have in mind.

If you want to include the notion 'do that', then I think it has to be one of these expressions:

• possible ways of doing that
• possible ways that that can be done

Of course, if the norion can be 'understood' from context, it would be simple to write the single word
possibilities

THERE IS - implies space parameter
EXIST - implies existentiality
ARE-IS

The differences between the three are grammatical.

1. NOUN PHRASE is/are
   Except for some contrived stylistic effects this is ungrammatical without a second NOUN PHRASE

2. There is/There are NOUN PHRASE
   Typically, the NOUN PHRASE has INDEFINITE REFERENCE.
   The only common use of the is when the NOUN is followed by a POSTMODIFYING PHRASE establishing the REFERENCE. For example
   There is always the possibility that he won't come
   Even here, INDEFINITE REFERNCE is acceptable
   There is always a possibility that he won't come

3. NOUN PHRASE exists/exist
   Normally, the NOUN PHRASE must have UNIQUE REFERENCE.
   So it would be extremely strange, if not ungrammatical to write.
   A possibility exists.
   without some explanatory continuation such as
   that he won't come

Using these three devices to identify possibilities, the obvious difference between [1] and the other two is that

• in the former the identification is in the same clause
• in the latter the identification is in a * second clause**

The difference between [2] and [3] is not a question of 'spacial parameter'.

• To say that something has a location is to say that it exists.
• To say that something exists is to say that it has a location — even if that location is unstated, or even unknown.

As I said, the difference lies in INDEFINITE vs UNIQUE REFERENCE.
Take the notion of a divinity

• From the perspective of a polytheist culture, English uses the expression a god.
• From a Judaeo-Christian cultural perspective, English uses the expression (and spelling) God.
• From a perspective that recognises without necessarily sharing a Judaeo-Cristian perspective, English may use the expression (and spelling) a God.

These choices determine the grammar of the NOUN PHRASE, which in turn determines whether to use expression [2] or [3].

• From the second perspective you may say/write God exists or God does not exist.
• From the third perspective you may say/write There is a God or There isn't a God.

For a believer, the location of God is — everywhere.