Although idiot and dummy do commonly have the same meaning, the use of idiot in this joking phrase draws particular attention to a specific sense of idiot. From Merriam-Webster's …

Dec 3, 2022 · It was a beautiful, sunny day yesterday. Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day. Are both sentences idiomatic or native speakers don't use the dummy pronoun "It" in …

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 …

In English if we need to do this we always use the "dummy" auxiliary DO: Does it exist? There are two types of auxiliary in English. The first group contains the verbs BE, HAVE when used in …

Mar 17, 2025 · This question is similar to: How can I tell whether an "it" is a dummy "it" in this sentence?. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different …

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 …

I will appreciate it if you can help me. Someone says "it" is the dummy object, with the if-clause being the real one. I doubt it , because if that is the case, "if" can be replaced with "whether",...

{ 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 …

Apr 2, 2022 · Yes he does. This is a dummy it, but there is no "existential" it. There's an existential there, which comes from There-Insertion. There are several dummy it's, but this one is the it …

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 …