Theme 4 It as replacement subject – for degrees of certainty .............................................................................183 It as replacement subject – for speaker’s attitude to information..........................................................184 Avoiding repetition ..............................................................................................................................184 Post-modification of a noun with a defining relative clause..................................................................184 Complex sentences..............................................................................................................................184
Theme 5
Post-modification of an object/complement with non-defining relative clause......................................185 Post-modification of a subject with non-defining relative clause ..........................................................185 Used to for past habits, situations and routines ...................................................................................185 Would for past habits and routines......................................................................................................186 Conditionals – zero, first and second ...................................................................................................186 Long subject noun phrases ..................................................................................................................186 Using also ............................................................................................................................................187
