dummy subject

English

Noun

dummy subject (plural dummy subjects)

  1. (grammar) 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.
    Synonyms: introductory subject, preparatory subject
    In the expression "It's raining", the word "it" is a dummy subject.

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