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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Dummy it

Hi everyone

Are the words 'it' in the following sentences so-called 'dummy it' or 'preparatory it'?

What would it take for it to spread? Would it take a real crisis?

The 'it' means 'deflation' in the context, I suppose.

Thanks
LiJ
  

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If the it in red refers to something else in the context, then it's neither dummy it nor preparatory it . The blue ones are dummy it 's, as far as I know, but wait for another member to verify. CJ

— CalifJim

  • If the it in red refers to something else in the context, then it's neither dummy it nor preparatory it .
  • The blue ones are dummy it 's, as far as I know, but wait for another member to verify.
  • CJ
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If the it in red refers to something else in the context, then it's neither dummy it nor preparatory it.
The blue ones are dummy it's, as far as I know, but wait for another member to verify.

CJ
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CalifJimIf the it in red refers to something else in the context, then it's neither dummy it nor preparatory it.
The blue ones are dummy it's, as far as I know, but wait for another member to verify.

CJ

Hi CJ,

May I know the meaning of 'dummy it' and 'preparatory it' in the sentence?
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