Jun 9, 2021 · In English, existential clauses usually use the dummy subject construction (also known as expletive) with there, as in "There are boys in the yard"… In the OP's sentence, the …

May 23, 2016 · Often in English, we do get clarity by combining multiple ways of suggesting the same thing, but combining dummy there with exist sounds overly wordy. I don't know if there is …

{ verb + dummy "it" + so + declarative } - I managed to find only two verbs which can be used in this construction: "arrange" and "make". So I drew the conclusion that all other verbs cannot …

Neither is a correctly formed utterance. If you're asked: Does photographic memory exist? The shortest answer is simply "No." If you want to use a complete sentence, replace the subject …

Mar 14, 2016 · The difference between dummy "there" and dummy "it" is in the degree of abstraction. The locative dummy is the more tangible of the two. So, the idiomatic question …

The it is called a dummy pronoun and refers to a time. Dummy pronouns are used a lot in English: "It's odd that you think my letter is good." However, a person is late. A person does not "get …

The rule is that in "transforming" a declarative sentence into a question (or a negation), the subject inverts with the auxiliary verb. He is acting like a hero. → Is he acting like a hero? He …

It's almost like is a fixed expression containing a dummy it. This expression is used to indicate that the following proposition seems like it's true without actually stating that it is true.

1 Dummy pronoun A dummy pronoun, also called an expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun, is a pronoun used for syntax without explicit meaning. - wikipedia You ask whether "to there" is …

In the phrase “It's quite all right”, the word it serves as a dummy pronoun, standing for the current situation. That is, the phrase is roughly equivalent to “Everything is all right” or “There is no …