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Warid Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Explaination

How long does it take you to finish a book?
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How long do you take to finish a book?


Which one is correct and why?

What's the difference if both are correct?

  

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Warid How long does it take you to finish a book? That is the customary way the idea is expressed. The pronoun "it" (designated a "dummy it") is required for syntax, but has no meaning.

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WaridHow long does it take you to finish a book?

That is the customary way the idea is expressed.


The pronoun "it" (designated a "dummy it") is required for syntax, but has no meaning. A dummy pronoun, also called an expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun, is a pronoun used to fulfill the syntactical requirements without providing explicit mean