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Apatzinguense Posted 4 years ago
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What day is it today? VS What day is today?

Hello, I have a question concerning these two questions:

1. What day is IT today? VS What day is today? I have seen both versions written. What's the difference? I am getting confused by the "it" in the first question. Syntactically speaking, What's the difference?


2. If you can say: "What day was IT yesterday?", can you say, "What day is IT tomorrow?" Once again, it is the "IT" that triggers my question.


Please enlighten me.

  

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apatzinguense 1. What day is IT today? VS What day is today?

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  • apatzinguense 1.
  • What day is IT today?
  • VS What day is today?
  • I have seen both versions written.
  • What's the difference?
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apatzinguense1. What day is IT today? VS What day is today? I have seen both versions written. What's the difference? I am getting confused by the "it" in the first question. Syntactically speaking, What's the difference?

That's English for you. People say what they say. That "it" finds its way into a lot of mentions of days. You can ask, and usually would,

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In the affirmative you have these choices:

1a) Today is Monday.
2a) It's Monday (today).

So with this kind of statement, you can use "a dummy it" or not.

The questions correspond to the statements, thus:

1b) What day is today?
2b) What day is it (today)?

The tense can change, but that doesn't change the two basic patterns.

1c) What d

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