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impersonal subject

Noun
Japanese Meaning
天気、距離、時間など、特定の実体を指さずに文の主語として用いられる形式的な代名詞(例:it)のこと。 / 文法的には実際の意味や対象を持たず、形式上の主語としてのみ機能する表現。
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英語の文法では、天候や距離、時間を表す節の主語として用いられる「it」のような代名詞が、「it is raining(雨が降っている)」のような天候表現を導入するために一般的に使われます。

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a pronoun such as it used as the subject of a clause involving weather, distance, or time

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impersonal subject

In English grammar, the impersonal subject is commonly used to introduce weather expressions like it is raining.

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In English grammar, the impersonal subject is commonly used to introduce weather expressions like it is raining.

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