假主詞                                         

1.  不定詞可以當句子的主詞,如「To eat breakfast is good to our health.(吃早餐有益身體健康。)

2.  但是英文裡有「假主詞-it」,可以放在句子開頭,用來代替真正的主詞,而真正的主詞則放到最後。

3.   因為英文的句子比較習慣「頭輕腳重」,尤其是主詞很長的句子,一定都把真主詞擺到最後,用「假主詞it」開頭。

 e.g. 1It is + 形容詞/名詞 + (for) + to + 原形動詞

It is not convenient for me to take a bus to school. (我搭公車到學校不方便。)= To take a bus to school is not convenient for me.

it = take a bus to school)  () I am not convenient to take a bus to school.

    這裡的形容詞不是用來形容人,是用來形容事物的,所以不能以人當主詞後面加形容詞。

 e.g, 2It is + 形容詞 + (of) + to + 原形動詞

It is so rude of you to come in without knocking on the door. (你沒敲門就進來真是沒禮貌。)

= To come in without knocking on the door is so rude of you. (不常用)

 it = to come in without knocking on the door= You are so rude to come in without knocking the door.

   這裡的形容詞都是用來形容人,所以能夠以人當主詞,後面加形容詞。

    補充說明:「for」與「of」後面加受格  「for」與「of」都是介系詞,所以後面的代名詞都要用受格:

()It is good for him to take part in the activity.    ()It is good for he to take part in the activity.

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