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qroqqa commented on the word extraposed subject
Term used in the CGEL for the clause that can be equated to a dummy subject 'it', e.g.
It is a mistake to eat eclairs in bed.
In most cases it might have been the subject instead:
To eat eclairs in bed is a mistake.
It has been extraposed from subject position to the end of the clause, after other complements. This distinguishes it from the displaced subject of a dummy 'there' clause, which is merely displaced past the verb:
There are three men in the garden.
December 20, 2010
bilby commented on the word extraposed subject
It is a mistake to eat three men in the garden. So there.
December 20, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word extraposed subject
There there.
Look! Now they're sitting in chairs to eat their eclairs.
December 20, 2010
yarb commented on the word extraposed subject
Why is it a mistake to eat eclairs in bed?
December 20, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word extraposed subject
Because of the bedcrumbs.
December 20, 2010
yarb commented on the word extraposed subject
I can live with bedcrumbs.
December 20, 2010