The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology (ODLT)
impersonal verb
Definition -
A verb with an undefined subject.
Example -
(1) It rained last night.
(2) It is believed to be true.
(In the above
rained
and
is
are impersonal verbs.)
a type of
:
verb
similar:
generic one
|
generic you
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