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If I wanted to say the cat is on the table, which one of these sentences is
correct or what's the difference?

> 「猫 は 机の上 に います」 or 「猫 は 机の上 です。」
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word-choice usage
describing where things are
Think about it this way: 「机の上」 is a location, so if you just use the
declarative like in the second sentence, you are stating that the cat is that
location. The first sentence states that the cat exists in that location.
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