The same thing happens frequently with there:
这种情况也经常发生在there开头的句子上:
There are several ways in which you could begin.
There are five stages of grief.
Dummy subjects are just one of many problems that weaken your writing by making it vague, fuzzy, and indefinite. The sentences above can be reconstructed with stronger, more definite subjects:
虚主语是让你的文章变得含糊不清的诸多原因之一。上面的句子可以用更有力、更明确的主语加以改写:
Some experts warn that our oil reserves will be exhausted by 2050.
You could begin in one of the following ways: (followed by a list).
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified five stages of grief in her book On Death and Dying.
In general, unless you don’t know who is performing an action, or you want to emphasize the action of the sentence for some reason, you should avoid dummy subjects.
通常情况下,除非你不知道动作由谁做的,或是出于某种原因想要强调动作本身,否则你应该避免使用虚主语。
英语中的虚主语,你学会了吗?
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