dummy subject
nounDefinitions
In English, a word (such as it or there) used as the subject of a sentence when the real…
In English, a word (such as it or there) used as the subject of a sentence when the real subject is placed after the main verb, or when the subject is indefinite.
- In the expression "It's raining", the word "it" is a dummy subject.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dummy subject. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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