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REPAIRING PROBLEMS
STRATEGY 8: Introductory 'It' (Dummy subject)
Special Nouns
The Dummy 'it' structure can also be used with certain Evaluatory nouns, those defining something as 'good' or 'bad', such as problem, challenge, mistake/disaster, or pity/shame.
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It would be a greater challenge to discuss the means of achieving the necessary changes in a way that maintains or improves human welfare.
Discussing the means of achieving the necessary changes in a way that maintains or improves human welfare would be a greater challenge.
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The Dummy 'it' structure can also be used with nouns expressing goals, such as aim or objective, or purpose.
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It is the aim to use wind energy for generating electricity by setting up and operating ten wind plants in the form of a wind farm, to prove the economical work of wind plants at the inshore waters and to encourage the propagation of wind produced electricity.
Usingwind energy for generating electricity by setting up and operating ten wind plants in the form of a wind farm, to prove the economical work of wind plants at the inshore waters and to encourage the propagation of wind produced electricity is the aim of this project.
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In addition to nouns, the "dummy" it is also used with two other structures:
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