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Please give me more notes about IMPERSONAL SUBJECT

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It rains.It thunders.
Hereit stands for no noun.But the verb suplies the subject: the rain.
Here it is impersonal pronoun. and rains is impersonal verb.
Regards,
rj1948.

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Please give me more notes about IMPERSONAL SUBJECT

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It rains.It thunders.
Hereit stands for no noun.But the verb suplies the subject: the rain.
Here it is impersonal pronoun. and rains is impersonal verb.
Regards,
rj1948.

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What about there?

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Originally Posted by Soup

What about there?

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There?It is an adverb.You mean the use of here?

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Originally Posted by rj1948

There?It is an adverb.You mean the use of here?

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I think what Soup had in mind was impersonal subjects such as 'There are...'.
If I say 'Here are some interesting things' - while I'm in Chartres Cathedral - 'Here' is an adverb of place that stands for 'in my hand...' or 'where I'm pointing...' (where the things I'm pointing at are close); [and they are in Chartres Cathedral]. If I say 'There are some interesting things in Chartres Cathedral' I could be anywhere.

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I think what Soup had in mind was impersonal subjects such as 'There are...'.
If I say 'Here are some interesting things' - while I'm in Chartres Cathedral - 'Here' is an adverb of place that stands for 'in my hand...' or 'where I'm pointing...' (where the things I'm pointing at are close); [and they are in Chartres Cathedral]. If I say 'There are some interesting things in Chartres Cathedral' I could be anywhere.

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Well,Is 'there' an impersonal pronoun?No. He means something else.
Regards,
rj1948.

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Well,Is 'there' a personal pronoun?No. He :?: means something else.
Regards,
rj1948.

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No. it's an impersonal subject pronoun.

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No. it's an impersonal subject pronoun.

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Sorry. I corrected mine before your post.Yes.THERE is an impersonal subject.
Regards,
rj1948.

Formal subjects can be of two types: impersonal and introductory. In sentences with an impersonal subject there are no other subjects.
e.g. It is spring. It is 10 o'clock. etc.
In sentences with an introductory subject, there is also a notional subject.
e.g. It is easy to understand it. ('it' is an introductore subject; 'to understand' is a notional subject)
There is a plate on the table. ('there' is an introductory subject; 'a plate' is a notional subject)