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Warid Posted 6 years ago
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Grammar Explaination
How long does it take you to finish a book?
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How long do you take to finish a book?
Which one is correct and why?
What's the difference if both are correct?
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Warid How long does it take you to finish a book? That is the customary way the idea is expressed. The pronoun "it" (designated a "dummy it") is required for syntax, but has no meaning.
- Warid How long does it take you to finish a book?
- That is the customary way the idea is expressed.
- The pronoun "it" (designated a "dummy it") is required for syntax, but has no meaning.
- A dummy pronoun, also called an expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun, is a pronoun used to fulfill the syntactical requirements without providing explicit meaning.
- com/dummy-it-in-grammar-1690414#:~:text=The%20word%20%22it%22%20can%20be,simply%20serves%20a%20grammatical%20function .
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WaridHow long does it take you to finish a book?
That is the customary way the idea is expressed.
The pronoun "it" (designated a "dummy it") is required for syntax, but has no meaning. A dummy pronoun, also called an expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun, is a pronoun used to fulfill the syntactical requirements without providing explicit mean
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