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Alicecooper Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

grammar help please

"Look it is Mr Smith!"

How can you explain the usage of IT for a person?
  

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Look! It is Mr. Smith!

I believe it's a dummy, meaning the word refers to nothing and merely serves to give the sentence a subject.

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thank you Aspara Gus,

This sentence is an a grammar book for beginners and I don't want the students to be confused, because we always say that for people we use he, she when we know the gender. So, I wonder how I can explain it to them.
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thank you for your answer.

this sentence is in a grammar coursebook for beginner level. I don't want the students to feel confused because we always say that for people we use he or she when we know the gender.
that's why I want to know how to explain tis usage to the students.

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