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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

the usage of 'it'

If all 'it' takes for a food species to fall into ill repute is an association with dirt, humankind would have starved to death long ago.

I would like to know the usage of 'it'. Is it an impersonal subject or a placeholder?
  

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"It" is being used as a dummy subject in that sentence. For more on dummy subjects, have a look at the link below. q=Dummy+subjects

— Teechr

  • "It" is being used as a dummy subject in that sentence.
  • For more on dummy subjects, have a look at the link below.
  • q=Dummy+subjects
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"It" is being used as a dummy subject in that sentence.
For more on dummy subjects, have a look at the link below.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/dummy-subjects?q=Dummy+subjects
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