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Why is "there" a subject here? Can't I just say "Any ice creams are not going to come out"?

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Rebecca

"There" is not the subject of this sentence. "There is" here emphasizes the subject of this sentence, which is "ice creams". "Ice creams" are the subject of this sentence because the "ice creams" are doing something, which is "coming out" of "that". Unfortunately, "Any ice creams are not going to come out" is not grammatically correct. Another way to say this sentence is, "Ice creams are not coming out of that today."

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