EXPLETIVE CONSTRUCTION

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EXPLETIVE CONSTRUCTION

• Expletive construction
• Delays the subject of the sentence.
• Creates wordiness.
• Weakens the sentence.
• Sometimes can create the need for passive voice.

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EXPLETIVE CONSTRUCTION
IT IS . . . . IT WAS . . . . THERE IS . . .
. THERE ARE . . . . THERE WAS . . . THERE WERE .
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It is possible that Kevin Costner will never have
a better role than in The Untouchables. It was
surprising that people went to see The Postman
after Waterworld flopped so spectacularly.
There is no excuse for him to have made two bad
movies so alike in theme.
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However, there are few good roles available to
actors of his limited ability. There were a
series of movies that followed, but none were big
hits. There was nothing, however, to compare to
the tear-jerking classic Dances with Wolves.