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English for Tourism & Hospitality (107) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh
Because of its role in this type of sentence, we call
this ANTICIPATORY IT.
Exercise:
In each of the following sentences, indicate whether the
highlighted word is pronoun it, dummy it, or anticipatory it.
1. It won't do any good to hide from me.
(a) Pronoun it (b) Dummy it (c) Anticipatory it
2. I think you have broken it.
(a) Pronoun it (b) Dummy it (c) Anticipatory it
3. It is very kind of you to show me at short notice.
(a) Pronoun it (b) Dummy it (c) Anticipatory it
4. It was after midnight when I left the office.
(a) Pronoun it (b) Dummy it (c) Anticipatory it
5. I’ve had it with this place; I’m leaving it!
(a) Pronoun it (b) Dummy it (c) Anticipatory it
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