 The few authors that have approached this debate from a linguistic perspective differ on the behaviour of the verb ‘exist’. Ludlow (2005) considers both a tensed and a tenseless verb; Stoneham (2009) is sceptical with regard to tenseless predication; and Moltmann (2013) considers ‘exist’ only as a present tense verb. It is worth noting that he claims that ‘exist’ functions quite differently from ‘there are’ in that the latter can be used to quantify over past, merely possible, and intensional entities whereas the former can not. If his claim is correct, then a common test sentence for the difference between eternalists and presentists introduced in Sider (2006)--There exist dinosaurs--seems almost purpose-built to breed confusion.