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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

It and it is

Hello anyone could help me ? Emotion: smile sometimes i got problem when i wrote some english sentences between use " it " and " it is "

for example " it about 15 minutes drive " or " it is about 15 minutes drive "

please explain to me,when we have to use " it and it is "

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ragil huda " it about 15 minutes drive " or " it is about 15 minutes drive " Only the second one is correct. ) Your example without "is" has no verb. It's not a sentence.

  • ragil huda " it about 15 minutes drive " or " it is about 15 minutes drive " Only the second one is correct.
  • ) Your example without "is" has no verb.
  • It's not a sentence.
  • In your examples, "it" is the subject of the sentence and the non-sentence.
  • If you use "it" as the object of the sentence, then some other word can be the verb: Take it to the garage.
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ragil huda " it about 15 minutes drive " or " it is about 15 minutes drive "
Only the second one is correct. (Don't forget to capitalize the first word of each sentence and end with a period.)

Your example without "is" has no verb. It's not a sentence.

In your examples, "it" is the subject of the sentence and the non-sentence.

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