word choice - "Nonetheless" or "none the less"? - English Language ...
Jun 16, 2019 · This question comes from this ELL post (about putting the word nonetheless at the end of a sentence). Per Cambridge dictionary, "Nonetheless" should be in the form of one word. So, is it …
word usage - Explanation of "does there exist"? - English Language ...
May 23, 2016 · Often in English, we do get clarity by combining multiple ways of suggesting the same thing, but combining dummy there with exist sounds overly wordy. I don't know if there is a principled …
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{ verb + dummy "it" + so + declarative } - I managed to find only two verbs which can be used in this construction: "arrange" and "make". So I drew the conclusion that all other verbs cannot license …
Which is correct in spoken language, "not exist" or "not exists"?
Neither is a correctly formed utterance. If you're asked: Does photographic memory exist? The shortest answer is simply "No." If you want to use a complete sentence, replace the subject with the pronoun …
Are dummy subject and impersonal subject the same?
Apr 20, 2016 · That's a pretty good sign of a dummy pronoun at work as per the quote mentioned above. I would even go so far as to say that the terms impersonal pronoun and dummy pronoun are really …
Using "they" in tag questions with everybody/nobody etc
Jun 9, 2021 · In English, existential clauses usually use the dummy subject construction (also known as expletive) with there, as in "There are boys in the yard"… In the OP's sentence, the subject is not …
How to correctly use "important to" and "important for"?
The best general rule that this US English speaker can think of from a grammar point of view is It is important for me to verb (where it is a dummy subject) Noun is important to me For example, "It is …
Meaning of “it does not do (to do something)”
Aug 21, 2018 · "It" is a dummy pronoun, it doesn't really refer to something in particular. "doesn't do" is the usual negation of the verb "to do". There is a sense of "do" that means "to succeed" "to make …
What is the function of "there" in the structure, "There is/are/..."?
Jan 7, 2022 · Has there been an accident? Merriam-Webster doesn't have a clear definition for "there" in this structure, but it labels it an adverb in the section, "Examples of there in a Sentence": Adverb …
The sentence structure "it is because of... that..."
Dec 6, 2020 · Indeed, precisely because of its futuristic storyline, Star Trek was able to address many of the contemporary social problems that other programs but the cleft structure makes that clause even …