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there's something about
have a distinctive appeal
You use there's something about to say that something has a special quality that is difficult to explain.
Hear it in real life
Why do you enjoy that film so much?
There's something about the characters that feels real.
There's something about quiet cafés that helps me concentrate.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: There's something on old houses that I love.
Say: There's something about old houses that I love.
Use “about” before the person or thing whose distinctive quality you mean.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
there's something aboutnoun/pronounthat-clause
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There's something about quiet cafés that helps me concentrate.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
there's something about
have a distinctive appeal
“There's something about quiet cafés that helps me concentrate.”
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