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yarb I can live with bedcrumbs. Dec 20, 2010
ruzuzu Because of the bedcrumbs. Dec 20, 2010
yarb Why is it a mistake to eat eclairs in bed? Dec 20, 2010
ruzuzu There there.
Look! Now they're sitting in chairs to eat their eclairs. Dec 20, 2010
bilby It is a mistake to eat three men in the garden. So there. Dec 20, 2010
qroqqa Term used in the CGEL for the clause that can be equated to a dummy subject 'it', e.g.
It is a mistake to eat eclairs in bed.
In most cases it might have been the subject instead:
To eat eclairs in bed is a mistake.
It has been extraposed from subject position to the end of the clause, after other complements. This distinguishes it from the displaced subject of a dummy 'there' clause, which is merely displaced past the verb:
There are three men in the garden. Dec 20, 2010