GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In three centuriesfrom 1050 to 1350several million tons of

Well, when we use "there" to refer to a place, we can't just swap in that place name to test it. When used in this way (as in, "I built the tower there."), the word "there" is not a pronoun but an adverb! The exact words to replace it would depend on context:

I bought a ticket to France because I've never been there.
Translation: I bought a ticket to France because I've never beento France .

I went to France because there are many beautiful cathedrals there.
Translation:
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