Definition
A dummy word is a grammatical unit that has no meaning, but completes a sentence to make it grammatical.
Examples
(English)
It is raining.
Does he know?
Sources 4
- Crystal 1985, 102–103
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 81
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 70
- Mish 1991, 437