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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Why can we say 'Lets talk music (politics, art, etc)', but we can't say 'Lets talk it' ? A pronoun (in this case, 'it') can replace a noun if the noun is already known, correct? For example, 'I like music, lets talk it'. Why does 'it' require a preposition?
  

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Anonymous Why does 'it' require a preposition? Because it is not accepted in the idiom, which takes only a noun topic. Note the difference between these: Let's talk about music.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Why does 'it' require a preposition?
  • Because it is not accepted in the idiom, which takes only a noun topic.
  • Note the difference between these: Let's talk about music.
  • Let's talk about it.
  • vs Let's talk music .
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AnonymousWhy does 'it' require a preposition?
Because it is not accepted in the idiom, which takes only a noun topic. Note the difference between these:

Let's talk about music.
Let's talk about it.

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Let's talk music.
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