"I go to work by bus. It is only three stops."
"I go to work by bus. It is only three stops."
Why do we use ' it is' ? what does'it' mention to?Can we use another expression?
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It = the distance (number of bus stops) between my home and my workplace. "
- It = the distance (number of bus stops) between my home and my workplace.
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It = the distance (number of bus stops) between my home and my workplace.
This is a very common use of a "dummy it."
0Mickey Mouse 8241Why do we use ' it is' ? what does 'it' refer to?Can we use another expression?
It refers to "going by bus"- when you take the bus to work, it will pass three stops to get there. When I use such an expression, I assume that my listener knows the approximate distance between two st
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It's called Dummy when the real subject is somewhere implied in the sentence and sometimes hidden.
Check it out:
"I go to work by bus. It is only three stops." - "It" is the same as: The distance is only three stops.
Sometimes a full clause can be turned into a dummy:
I don't like to go to school by bus
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