What is the term for the subject of this sentence:

“It is raining.”

One of my friends just asked me that a couple of days ago, and I drew a blank.

A dummy it

These dummy pronouns are also called expletives, but are not to be confused with cleft sentences, which form two clauses when using a dummy pronoun.

Thanks.

This word surprised me, so I guess I never heard that expression before.

I wonder what term my high school teacher used.

I also wonder… (I’m unsure if there is a smile face showing my thinking really hard right now).

I’ve never heard another term for it, but I’m sure there are plenty more, just to make things more complicated.

Eddie88 - 16 August 2009 07:04 PM

I also wonder… (I’m unsure if there is a smile face showing my thinking really hard right now).

Not quite what I had in mind. But it will do for now.

What is the term for the subject of this sentence: “It is raining.”

A comment on the weather.

What is the term for the subject of this sentence: “It is raining.”

Back in the days before electricity, we called the word an expletive pronoun.

Is that term you were looking for?

Go to Idoms>Regionalisms when you get a chance. There’s a new poem there.

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11:57 pm and he was in Bed, of course that is EDT.