A Good Example of a Bad Subject

rogersgeorge on August 10th, 2021

When you say “it is” or “there are” you’re using what we call a false subject. The words “it” and “there” don’t refer to anything. And the sentence is passive to boot. First panel:

Adam@Home Comic Strip for July 24, 2021
https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2021/07/24

Identify the guilty party! After all, it’s a news program. Could even have been free advertising for the coffee company. Something like “Brown Beanie Coffee Company announced today that they mislabeled…”

Harrumph.

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