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Coachpotato Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

It's not common FOR there to be ...

It's not common for there to be so much rain in March.

I have seen this sentence in a book, can you tell me the meaning or function of 'for' in it? Is it possible to say the sentence without for with no change of meaning?

Thanks a lot.
  

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'It's not common to get so much rain during the month of March' sounds better. Savvy

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'It's not common to get so much rain during the month of March' sounds better.

Savvy
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"for" is a complementizer. It signals the subject of the non-finite clause. "to" goes with "for". As infinitive marker it signals the predicate of the non-finite clause. The "for ... to ..." pattern is common after "it is/was/... (not)" + adjective.

It is important for you to study hard. (you study hard > for you to study hard)
It was not possible
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