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Verb Existential Sentence Emergence Disappearance Indefinite Noun Subjectless

Front Explain the charcteristics of an existential sentence dealing with the emergence or disappearance of a situation
Back 'Location/time + verb + indefinite noun,' where 
1) 在 does not appear before location/time
2) The verb indicates the emergence or disappearance of the noun
3) The noun that follows the verb must be indefinite

(Different from a subjectless sentence in that subjectless sentences usually start without a location/time, existential sentences do not)

我们班这学期转走了三个学生,转来了两个。
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