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Easy Buy Big City Subject Comment Situation Sentence

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Keyword it
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Is easy to buy exactly what you want in a big city.
Correct Sentence It's easy to buy exactly what you want in a big city.
Cloze Error Sentence [[Is]] easy to buy exactly what you want in a big city.
Cloze Sentence [[It's]] easy to buy exactly what you want in a big city.
Cloze Answer It's
Choices Is | It's
Explanation

When you comment on a situation, the subject of the sentence is usually it: 'It's impossible to read in the dark.' 'It was good to see you again.' 'It's hot today, isn't it?' 'It was a miracle that nobody was injured.'

Note that in this pattern it has no meaning. It simply fills the subject position.

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