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dummy pronouns

dummy pronouns is the plural of dummy pronoun.

Meaning of dummy pronoun

Noun

dummy pronoun (plural dummy pronouns)

  1. A pronoun used to fulfill a syntactic role rather than one with a specific referent. For example, the "it" in "It's raining".

Questions about dummy pronouns

What is dummy pronouns the plural of?
Dummy pronouns is the plural of dummy pronoun.

Words near dummy pronouns in the dictionary

  1. dummy it
  2. dummy light
  3. dummy lights
  4. dummy out
  5. dummy pronoun
  6. dummy pronouns
  7. dummy run
  8. dummy runs
  9. dummy scissors
  10. dummy spit
  11. dummy spits

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