word meaning - Difference between "idiot" and "dummy"?
May 20, 2020 · 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 …
grammar - why we need dummy subjects and it's usage? - English …
Oct 28, 2017 · 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 …
Why do we use base form of verb after the verb 'Do'?
May 1, 2020 · The dummy auxiliary verb "do" that is used in negation and questions requires a complement with a plain (base) form of the verb. The tense of the clause is conveyed by the …
It's + Adjective+ Infinitive - English Language Learners Stack …
Mar 30, 2021 · 'It is important to take a break twice a day' 'It' is a dummy subject here, 'important' is working as an Adjective and but how this Infinitive clause'to take a break...' is working. Is it …
Using "they" in tag questions with everybody/nobody etc
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 …
"There is some" or "There are some"- which is correct?
Nov 4, 2022 · 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 …
comparative constructions - You're taller than (it) is described (Is ...
QUESTION I'm sure that the dummy subject 'it' in the above examples can be omitted, but is the omission obligatory in the above examples? Or is the omission obligatory in some of the above …
word meaning - "Hi there!" -- What does this 'there' mean?
Jan 5, 2016 · 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.
Can 'it' be used to refer to a person? - English Language Learners ...
Oct 8, 2016 · In other words, you would generally not use "it" to refer to a person outside of a dummy pronoun/infant situation unless they specifically asked you to. Singular they is …
word usage - Explanation of "does there exist"? - English …
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 …