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- word meaning - Difference between idiot and dummy? - English . . .
Although idiot and dummy do commonly have the same meaning, the use of idiot in this joking phrase draws particular attention to a specific sense of idiot From Merriam-Webster's definition of idiot: 1 : a foolish or stupid person It's the use of foolish in the definition that's relevant From Merriam-Webster's definition of dummy: 1 c : a
- grammar - why we need dummy subjects and its usage? - English Language . . .
Here is my question If something exists in some place then we use adverbs of place So adverbs can fulfill the use of existence or presence of something Then why we need dummy subjects and its usage?
- There is some or There are some- which is correct?
Initial There's is OK before anything When it's at the beginning of the sentence, it's just a dummy, with no meaning or plural, and it's reified into one word before anything plural can happen in the sentence By the time the real subject comes along, plural or not, the listener will've forgotten how the sentence started Since it didn't start with anything meaningful except the dummy
- word meaning - Hi there! -- What does this there mean? - English . . .
Footnote: "there" isn't the dummy subject in these greetings "There" is a dummy subject mostly in constructions there is or there are, or before certain verbs in certain contexts
- pronouns - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It's not a dummy as it does actually refer to something specific The second is the same, although calling it anticipatory seems a bit odd Both could be rewritten as "You joining us would be awesome" By the way, "would" is better than "will" in both cases "Will" sounds wrong with "if"
- It - Preparatory subject - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
There is no question of dummy "it" being a preparatory element, since the elements that follow it do not give the meaning if "it" "It" is, then, just a dummy element serving the syntactic purpose of filling the obligatory subject position
- dummy pronouns - How many meters is it are there is there between . . .
Which one is correct? 1 How many meters is it between this tree and that car? 2 How many meters is there between this tree and that car? 3 How many meters are there between this tree and that car?
- grammar - Can the word THIS be a dummy subject? For example: This is . . .
5 I think the "dummy subject"you are talking about is that which is known as an expletive subject A good example is It is raining In the text you quote I don't believe this is used in quite the same way Even though there is no this at whom one could point, it could refer to a person named in the letter from David Hutton
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