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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'It' before day of the week.

Hi teachers,

Which is the correct option?

a) Is Saturday going to be a holiday for Tom?

b) Is it Saturday going to be a holiday for Tom?

Even though for me 'a' is the right one, I still don't know why I can't use 'it' as in option 'b'.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

A is correct. You can make B grammatical by adding "that is" after the Saturday. Is it Saturday that is going to be a holiday for Tom?

— Ivanhr

  • A is correct.
  • You can make B grammatical by adding "that is" after the Saturday.
  • Is it Saturday that is going to be a holiday for Tom?
  • I still prefer A.
  • The use of B suggests to me that there could be some other day (besides Saturday) that is going to be a holiday for Tom.
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A is correct. You can make B grammatical by adding "that is" after the Saturday.

Is it Saturday that is going to be a holiday for Tom?

I still prefer A. The use of B suggests to me that there could be some other day (besides Saturday) that is going to be a holiday for Tom.

Is it Saturday that is going to be a holiday for Tom? Or perhaps is it Sunday?
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Thank you very much Ivanhr. Clear and concrete. No doubts now!Emotion: wink
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I agree that A is correct, IMHO the correct form of B would be: "Is it saturday to be a holiday for Tom"
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Oskar KimIs it saturday to be a holiday for Tom
Saturday with capital letter.

Thank you very much Oskar Kim.

What does 'IMHO' stand for?

Are you a student or a teacher?

Thinking
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IMHO stands for In My Humble Opinion. Oh sure Saturday Emotion: smile it's just because my mother language doesn't have any capital letters in day
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All right. Thank you for your comentaries.
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