query: What is the meaning of "it" in the sentence, "What makes it rain"?
positive_passages.docid: 25126
positive_passages.text: The function of "it" in "I hate it when..."
negative_passages.docid: 37721
negative_passages.text: what is the difference between - I make it to go and I make it go?
negative_passages.docid: 138641
negative_passages.text: "It isn't" vs. "it's not"
negative_passages.docid: 21668
negative_passages.text: "It is" or "it are"
negative_passages.docid: 75948
negative_passages.text: Which pronoun to refer to "person"? It? He or She? They?
negative_passages.docid: 67371
negative_passages.text: The passive construction with 'It' is ONLY possible with 'permit' - I don't understand this
negative_passages.docid: 42200
negative_passages.text: "It is ___ that/who + verb." pleonasm vs. "___ + verb."
negative_passages.docid: 68970
negative_passages.text: Does it have or has?
negative_passages.docid: 4023
negative_passages.text: "I let him do it" and "I allow him to do it", why exactly does one require 'to'?
negative_passages.docid: 145491
negative_passages.text: "It is they who lied" or "it is them who lied?"
negative_passages.docid: 144168
negative_passages.text: What is the function of "do" in this sentence?
negative_passages.docid: 155628
negative_passages.text: What is blocking a deictic use of 'it' in this example?
negative_passages.docid: 60155
negative_passages.text: Meaning of "somebody/something to verb"
negative_passages.docid: 23884
negative_passages.text: What is the meaning of this sentence - "Were it not for the bodies there on the ground, it would have appeared to be a normal day at the oasis."?
negative_passages.docid: 51377
negative_passages.text: Sun shines "on" or "upon"?
negative_passages.docid: 17131
negative_passages.text: Why is there a distinction between "its" and "it's"?
negative_passages.docid: 99506
negative_passages.text: In the sentence: "Drinking and driving IS dangerous", why does the verb "to be" need to be singular?