word meaning - Difference between "idiot" and "dummy"? - English ...
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-Webster's …
pronouns - What exactly is a dummy-it? - English Language Learners ...
Dec 12, 2023 · It seems like you haven't understood the article. "Dummy it refers to nothing at all; it simply serves a grammatical function. In other words, dummy it has a grammatical meaning but no …
Are dummy subject and impersonal subject the same?
Apr 20, 2016 · That's a pretty good sign of a dummy pronoun at work as per the quote mentioned above. I would even go so far as to say that the terms impersonal pronoun and dummy pronoun are really …
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 dummy …
"There is some" or "There are some"- which is correct?
Nov 4, 2022 · 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 …
word meaning - "Hi there!" -- What does this 'there' mean? - English ...
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.
pronouns - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Sep 20, 2023 · 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 …
It - Preparatory subject - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
May 3, 2024 · 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 …
It's good to see you. What's the meaning of 'it' in 'It's good to ...'?
Mar 17, 2025 · "To see you is good" or "Seeing you is good" would be alternative forms of that sentence that do not use dummy "it", yes. Those forms are not much used in contemporary English, but the …
What is the function of "there" in the structure, "There is/are/..."?
Jan 7, 2022 · Has there been an accident? Merriam-Webster doesn't have a clear definition for "there" in this structure, but it labels it an adverb in the section, "Examples of there in a Sentence": Adverb …