People often say things like 'It only expects to get worse.' I just want to be on the safe side. You can place an inanimate subject or pronoun like 'it' or 'the rain' before the verb 'expects,' right?
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1Actually not. I've never heard anyone say "It only expects . . .". "It is raining" is an idiom in itself, a structure not to be pasted on to anything else. Neither "it" nor "the rain" expect anything. Look up "expect." I think only people expect anything.– XanneCommented May 14, 2017 at 1:26
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1I would say "I only expect it to get worse".– Leaky NunCommented May 14, 2017 at 2:28
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Your sentence should be written as: "It is only expected to get worse." Or, "It is expected to rain."
