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"It was my birthday yesterday" vs. "My birthday was yesterday"

meaning differences verbs dummy-it

Should we say "they are high enough as they are" or "they are high enough as it is."?

idioms grammatical-number personal-pronouns dummy-it pronominal-agreement

Ambiguous use of infinitive after "It's needed"

prepositions ambiguity infinitives dummy-it

What is the antecedent in this passage?

meaning antecedents dummy-it

It is an existential question

semantics syntactic-analysis dummy-it

What do ‘it’ ‘on’ ‘off’ mean in “it’ll be on with the old Invisibility Cloak and off to find out what he’s –“

meaning-in-context pronouns adverbs dummy-it

"Git 'er done"—use of "her" as dummy subject

american-english dialects dummy-it

Personal pronoun - Using 'it' when introducing a person

pronouns syntactic-analysis agreement dummy-it pronominal-agreement

Can dummy "it" occur as possessive "its"?

pronouns possessives dummy-it possessive-pronouns

omission of semantic subject

syntactic-analysis omissibility dummy-it infinitive-constructions for-to-complementizers

Should "it/this" always refer to a specific noun? [duplicate]

syntactic-analysis antecedents dummy-it

"it" as a true/logical subject or preparatory subject

word-usage dummy-it it

What's the underlying grammatical structure of this sentence with three instances of "it" and two of "being"?

grammar syntactic-analysis dummy-it absolute-constructions anaphora

The general 'it' [duplicate]

pronouns dummy-it

"It’s the height of the season"?

idioms meaning-in-context dummy-it

Dropping "it" in America

american-english objects transitive-verbs dummy-it

When was "it" first used in weather sentences? [duplicate]

pronouns history old-english dummy-it

Is there a linguistic reason why we sometimes use a singular pronoun and verb even when it refers to a plural subject? [duplicate]

grammatical-number verb-agreement dummy-it notional-concord

"A guy whose job is to" vs "a guy whose job it is to"?

meaning grammaticality subjects dummy-it

"I would prefer [it] if the meeting [would be/was] postponed"

subjunctive-mood dummy-it