expletive (Q14671)
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a term
Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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English | expletive |
a term |
Statements
word that doesn't add to the meaning of a sentence
An expletive (also known as a dummy word) is a part of speech whose members have no meaning, but complete a sentence to make it grammatical [Crystal 1997,127;].
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