INFINITIVE CLAUSES WITH IMPERSONAL IT We commonly use the pronoun it as both a subject and an object pronoun: Don’t drink the milk. It smells terrible. Has anyone seen my phone? I can’t find it anywhere. We often use it in question tags: That furniture is lovely. It isn’t too expensive for us, is it ? You know the flat with three bedrooms by the supermarket? It ’s the best one we’ve seen so far, isn’t it ? See also: Tags It , this and that in paragraphs It as an ‘empty’ or ‘dummy’ subject and object We can use it as an ‘empty’ subject or as an ‘empty’ object. It is ‘empty’ because it doesn’t refer to anything in particular: I know it ’s going to rain today! It ’s getting a bit late now, so let’s watch a DVD at home, shall we? She doesn’t like it when you are so quiet. How long will...
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