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bibikos
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good afternoon to all of you!
Would it be acceptable to say "Today it is a lovely day" or "it" should be omitted?
thanks
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29 Mar 2013
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cunliffe
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Both are fine, but if you want to keep the it, a better word order is It �s a lovely day today. |
29 Mar 2013
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MoodyMoody
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Good morning! I would prefer "Today is a lovely day," or as Lynne states, "It �s a lovely day today." English doesn �t often use both a pronoun and its antecedent as a subject. |
29 Mar 2013
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bibikos
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well, this sentence is quite vague to foreigners as there �s no grammar rule. I corrected a pupil �s sentence that was writing "Today is a lovely day" by inserting "it" and now I have to explain to my supervsor why I did it. So, I would like to know if there is a rule accepting "Today it is a lovely day". Thanks all of you for your help
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29 Mar 2013
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teresasimoes
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I think "it" should not be used in this case, since "Today" is the subject, we don�t need "it". Unless we want to stress the word "Today". But in that case we should change punctuation.
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29 Mar 2013
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bibikos
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but dear Teresa, isn �t "today" a time expression and not a subject of the verb?
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29 Mar 2013
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cunliffe
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Teresa and Moody are right, Bibikos. Strictly speaking, if you want to insist on Today it is a lovely day, you should put a comma after Today and possibly an exclamation mark at the end, because you are emphasising today or lovely. I � afraid it doesn �t sound all that natural and I would back off this one, if I was you. Whereas I said both were OK, there wasn �t really a need to correct your student. Say it was a slip of the pen and move on.
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29 Mar 2013
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bibikos
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Ok thanks so much for your advice!
Have a nice weekend
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29 Mar 2013
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