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Ashu Sharma Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Subject?

It is raining.

What kind of subject 'it' is here in the above sentence?

  

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What kind of subject 'it' is here It is called a 'dummy it' or a non-referential 'it'. It is merely a way of moving the information ('raining') toward the end of the sentence.

  • What kind of subject 'it' is here It is called a 'dummy it' or a non-referential 'it'.
  • It is merely a way of moving the information ('raining') toward the end of the sentence.
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Ashu SharmaIt is raining.What kind of subject 'it' is here

It is called a 'dummy it' or a non-referential 'it'. It is merely a way of moving the information ('raining') toward the end of the sentence.

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