Source Word
it
IPA(Pronunciation)
Pronoun
obsolete
derogatory
offensive
uncountable
Japanese Meaning
三人称単数の人称代名詞。無生物、抽象的なもの、または非人間の生物を指す場合に使用される。
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The
impersonal
pronoun,
used
as
a
placeholder
for
a
delayed
subject,
or
less
commonly,
object;
known
as
the
dummy
pronoun
(according
to
some
definitions),
anticipatory
it
or,
more
formally
in
linguistics,
a
syntactic
expletive.
The
delayed
subject
is
commonly
a
to-infinitive,
a
gerund,
or
a
noun
clause
introduced
by
a
subordinating
conjunction.
( objective subjective )
( emphatic reflexive )
( determiner possessive pronoun without-noun )