All About "Dummy Words" (and Why They Have No Meaning)

You use them in writing and speech all the time.

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English All About "Dummy Words" (and Why They Have No Meaning) In English grammar, a dummy word is one that has a grammatical function but no specific lexical meaning. Read on to learn some examples. READ NOW READ THESE What Led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929? Can You Name the Easternmost U.S. State? Nietzsche's Idea of Eternal Recurrence You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Today I Learned newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here A Dotdash Brand 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10005 © 2021 Dotdash - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.