Friday, April 21, 2017

grammar - Are these Dummy subjects?


Are these Dummy subjects?


It was nice to see him


It's obvious that in this sentence "It" is a dummy subject and the sentence can be reconstructed as "To see him was nice".


But what about this: It is time to watch


Is the case same here as in the first one? Can it be reconstructed to "To watch is time"?


Also wanna ask something additional: We were happy to see each other Now what happens in this sentence? "to see" is something lie a complement to the adjective "happy"?


Some other examples like this one: He is ready to play, She is prepared to play the piano




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