How to use 'It' as a dummy Pronoun in English Grammar

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The Use of Pronouns 'It' and 'There' as dummy subjects help the speaker to start the sentences.   'It' is a dummy pronoun (or dummy subject) when the speaker wants to talk about the

sight,

time,

date,

talk, or any object.

These dummy pronouns as the subjects of a sentence give clarity to the words. It develops a scene or an event to be created in a picture. So the reader or the listener is able to understand the speaker's thoughts. 

Examples:

  • It was really shocking news for me. Vs 
  • The really shocking news was there for me.
  • It was a dark and stormy night. vs. 
  • A dark and stormy night was there.
  • It was an award that he deserved. vs
  • He earned the award.
  • It is a far, far better thing than I have ever done. vs. 
  • I have never done a thing that was far, far better.
  • It is extremely impossible for me to do that. vs.
  • Doing that was impossible for me.

In another word, “It” and “There”

(Dummy Subjects) are "starters" of your sentences.

A sentence must have a subject. When one isn’t available, the pronouns “it” and “there” fill this position.

Examples:

  • It is Sunday today. NOT "SUNDAY IS TODAY."
  • It is raining today. (Not “Raining is today.”)
  • There is no way, Mike can lose this match.” (Not “Mike can no way lose this match.”)
  • Note that dummy pronouns do not refer to anything specific, but just create a  “frame of the picture” for the main contents of the sentence.

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