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Moonwalker Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Does 'lucky' have expletive 'it'?
I've never thought
"It is lucky for you that ~ " or "It is lucky for him to ~"
patterns in English. The more I think the more I get confused! LOL
I don't think "It is reluctant ~" sentence patter is possible either.
How about "It is sure that he will pass the exam."?
Someone may say I can change the sentence by using 'certain' instead of using 'sure.' but
I'm asking you whether it is right or not since I'm studying 'rasing verbs' and 'control verbs' this week.
Can somebody help me?
If you have some materials or web addresses hepful, I would appreciate it, too.
Thanks in advance
"It is lucky for you that ~ " or "It is lucky for him to ~"
patterns in English. The more I think the more I get confused! LOL
I don't think "It is reluctant ~" sentence patter is possible either.
How about "It is sure that he will pass the exam."?
Someone may say I can change the sentence by using 'certain' instead of using 'sure.' but
I'm asking you whether it is right or not since I'm studying 'rasing verbs' and 'control verbs' this week.
Can somebody help me?
If you have some materials or web addresses hepful, I would appreciate it, too.
Thanks in advance
Top answer
"It is lucky for you that ~ " -- Fine. "It is reluctant ~" -- No, not in the sense that I think you mean it. " -- Neither of these is very natural to me, but other speakers may differ and I wouldn't say either is wrong .
- "It is lucky for you that ~ " -- Fine.
- "It is reluctant ~" -- No, not in the sense that I think you mean it.
- " -- Neither of these is very natural to me, but other speakers may differ and I wouldn't say either is wrong .
- " is fine.
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"It is lucky for you that ~ " -- Fine.
"It is reluctant ~" -- No, not in the sense that I think you mean it.
"It is lucky for him to ~", "It is sure that ..." -- Neither of these is very natural to me, but other speakers may differ and I wouldn't say either is wrong. "It is certain that..." is fine.
"It is reluctant ~" -- No, not in the sense that I think you mean it.
"It is lucky for him to ~", "It is sure that ..." -- Neither of these is very natural to me, but other speakers may differ and I wouldn't say either is wrong. "It is certain that..." is fine.
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It is lucky for you that the car wasn't going any faster; you might have been hit! -- Fine.
It is lucky for him to cross his fingers before dealing the cards; or at least, he thinks so. -- Possible, but not the most idiomatic pattern.
It is reluctant ... -- Not possible. I can't think of any examples.
It is sure that he will pass the exam. -- Awkward, but possible.
It is lucky for him to cross his fingers before dealing the cards; or at least, he thinks so. -- Possible, but not the most idiomatic pattern.
It is reluctant ... -- Not possible. I can't think of any examples.
It is sure that he will pass the exam. -- Awkward, but possible.
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