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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

It is

0Hi! I live in Sweden and in my book it says: "It is" is used when you are talking about weather,time,distance and temperature. For example: It is very hot today02br
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00My question is: You can say: "It is fun swim." That doesn't follow those rules?02br
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00Can someone exaplaine?0-
  

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0"It is fun swim" is not quite correct. Some alternatives would be: "It is fun swimming" or "It is fun to swim" or "Swimming is fun". In this case, you are asserting an opinion, not stating an objective fact, so you might have written: "In my opinion, swimming is fun".

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  • 0"It is fun swim" is not quite correct.
  • Some alternatives would be: "It is fun swimming" or "It is fun to swim" or "Swimming is fun".
  • In this case, you are asserting an opinion, not stating an objective fact, so you might have written: "In my opinion, swimming is fun".
  • " is typically used for non-controversial statements about the weather, time, distance and temperature, this is not the 01i 00exclusive02i 00 use of "It is".
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0"It is fun swim" is not quite correct. Some alternatives would be: "It is fun swimming" or "It is fun to swim" or "Swimming is fun". In this case, you are asserting an opinion, not stating an objective fact, so you might have written: "In my opinion, swimming is fun". 02br
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00Perhaps your grammar book should make it clear that although "It is.." is typically used for
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