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dummy subjects

dummy subjects is the plural of dummy subject.

Meaning of dummy subject

Noun

dummy subject (plural dummy subjects)

  1. In English, a word (such as it or there) used as the subject of a sentence when the real subject is placed after the main verb, or when the subject is indefinite.
    • In the expression "It's raining", the word "it" is a dummy subject.

Questions about dummy subjects

What is dummy subjects the plural of?
Dummy subjects is the plural of dummy subject.

Words near dummy subjects in the dictionary

  1. dummy runs
  2. dummy scissors
  3. dummy spit
  4. dummy spits
  5. dummy subject
  6. dummy subjects
  7. dummy text
  8. dummy texts
  9. dummy up
  10. dummy variable
  11. dummy variables

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