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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Dummy it
Hello. I am writing my bachelor paper. The subject is Dummy pronoun it used to underline or draw attention to the information in the sentence. I have difficulty with explaining examples with dummy it.
Example (from Lincoln's speech): It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
How to explain the usage of dummy it in this case? Maybe you have some ideas
Thanks
Example (from Lincoln's speech): It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
How to explain the usage of dummy it in this case? Maybe you have some ideas
Thanks
Top answer
You need to ask yourself what "it" refers to. In such a sentence, a dummy it is used when the meaning is left up to the reader's imagination. It evokes the emotions.
- You need to ask yourself what "it" refers to.
- In such a sentence, a dummy it is used when the meaning is left up to the reader's imagination.
- It evokes the emotions.
- Any other way to express the idea would fall flat, because it would have to be explicit.
- That would change the inspirational mood to a matter-of-fact one.
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You need to ask yourself what "it" refers to.
In such a sentence, a dummy it is used when the meaning is left up to the reader's imagination. It evokes the emotions. Any other way to express the idea would fall flat, because it would have to be explicit. That would change the inspirational mood to a matter-of-fact one.
In such a sentence, a dummy it is used when the meaning is left up to the reader's imagination. It evokes the emotions. Any other way to express the idea would fall flat, because it would have to be explicit. That would change the inspirational mood to a matter-of-fact one.
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