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a. <span style="color: blue>It<sub>idiom</sub></span> will <span style="color: blue>rain</sub></span>.<br> | a. <span style="color: blue>It<sub>idiom</sub></span> will <span style="color: blue>rain</sub></span>.<br> | ||
b. * The student will rain. | b. * <span style="color: blue>The student</sub></span> will <span style="color: blue>rain</sub></span>. | ||
<span style="color: blue>The student</sub></span> | |||
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Raising and Control
Raising
- There is a special verb class called subject raising verbs.
- These verbs are easy to identify by applying the following tests.
- If the verb passes theses tests, then it is a subject raising verbs.
- Usually, if the verb passes one of these tests, then it passes all of them.
Subject raising verb Test Nr. 1
If the verb V takes a non-finite VP-complement headed by the verb rain, then V must take the idiomatic word it as its subject.
Illustration:
Illustration:
(1)
a. Itidiom will rain.
b. * The student will rain.
The student
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