The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology (ODLT)


dummy pronoun
Definition - A type of pronoun that is used when the sentence's syntax requires a subject but that subject doesn't exist.

Example -
In the sentence It is obvious that this definition is incomplete, the it is a dummy pronoun because it doesn't refer to any existing subject.



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