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Bookmark or Share- It's - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeThis is an extraposed construction, where the subject is the dummy pronoun “it” and the adjective “important” is predicative complement of “is”. The infinitival clause “to take a break twice a day” is not part of the complement; instead it appears at the end of the matrix clause in extraposed subject position.
- "There is some" or "There are some"- which is correct?By the time the real subject comes along, plural or not, the listener will've forgotten how the sentence started. Since it didn't start with anything meaningful except the dummy existential. Incidentally, there is always gets contracted to there's in speech. Not contracting is unusual and draws attention. –
- "Did have" versus "had" - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeIn the emphatic sentences we see the dummy auxiliary DO being used so that it can take stress. The original Poster's example. I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help. That last clause is an emphatic version of: but she had a lot of help. DO is being used as a dummy auxiliary here. Hope this is helpful!
- word meaning - Difference between "idiot" and "dummy"? - English ...The word "dummy" carries with it the connotation of the verb "dummy" (to trick by pretending to pass a ball), so the additional connotation of dummy, that idiot doesn't have, is "a person who is easy to deceive". So "I may be an idiot, but I'm no dummy" suggests that the person is saying that he can't be tricked:
- What is the meaning of using inanimate subjects?I was wondering whether there might be difference between animate subjects and inanimate. The native speakers are more using inanimate like "this road will lead you to the place" instead of
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