Extraposition and Existential There

Guidance will be given to enable you to (a) clearly see the linguistic structures of the following expressions; and (b) readily produce expressions with such structures.
To ensure your success, adequate examples will be further provided with clear explanation.

Extraposition

• • I owe it to my lecturers that I graduated with Distinction.
  • It is a pleasure to teach her.
  • He finds it hard to live within his income.
  • It is no use telling him that.
  • It is unusual for the trees to flower so early.
  • It is unrealistic to expect him to be able to solve the problem immediately.
  • It is said that she slipped arsenic into his tea.
  • I make it my mission to help young people and working adults with their English.
  • It upset him that nobody had bothered to tell him about it.
  • It was wrong to venture his pension on such a risky deal.

Existential there

• • There are plenty of parents outside the kindergarten lining up for application forms.
  • I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding.
  • He was disappointed at there being so little to do.
  • There exist a number of similar medieval crosses in different parts of the country.
  • There took place an elaborate ceremony in honour of visiting dignitaries.
  • There’ll be no shops open.
  • There may come a time when the Western Nations will be less fortunate.

Reinforcement and Amplificatory Tags

• • It is far, far too expensive.
  • I agree with every word you have said – every single word.
  • They are all the same, these politicians.
  • I wouldn’t trust him for a moment, your brother-in-law.