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Tue 10 Jul, 2012 07:36 am
I read that "there" and "it" followed by a "to be" verb are often not the subjects but are instead placeholders. The sentences have a delayed subject (after the verb).
Is this true in the following sentences:
It's no use yelling at her.
There's no use yelling at her.
If "use" is the subject in both of these sentences, what do we call "it" and "there"? Dummy subjects?
@psimmond,
They're called expletives.