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0 They all work. The second is the least usual of the group. 02br
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00Nothing better than these comes to mind. 02br
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0 Hello CJ 02br
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00Could you help me clear my doubt? 02br
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00#1 "It makes me angry when you don't try your hardest." 02br
00You said this sentence works. 02br
00But if we take the subject "it" as a provisional "it", we can change it like: 02br
00 "When you don't try your hardest makes me angry." 02br

0 Re: #1 "It makes me angry when you don't try your hardest." 02br
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00There are TWO verbs in this sentence which means that there TWO clauses:- 02br
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00i) It makes me angry-----main clause 02br
00ii) when you don't try your hardest-----adverbial clause modifying the adjective "angry" 02br
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00The sentence can be

0 Hi Paco, 02br
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00I think that if you replaced "when" with "that" in #1 than it would change the meaning, i.e. it would mean that he always doesn't try his hardest. 02br
00And I think you could say: 02br
00Tha fact that you don't try your hardest (is what) makes me angry. (with the meaning as above) 0-

0 Hello guys, 02br
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00I have long believed the provisionary subject "it" could stand only for a that-clause but now I understand it can stand also for a when-cluase. 02br
00 (EX) Does it matter when I leave here? 02br
00I'd like to take this when-cluase as a noun clause rather than an adverbial clause, though. Anyway, millions thanks for your re

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00...It makes me angry to see you not try your hardest...12blockquote

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00This sounds quite unusual to me too. 02br
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00Cf. 02br
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001. I like to see you try your hardest. 02br
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002. I like to see you trying your hardest. 02

0 Hello MrP 02br
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00Could you tell me your opinion about the constructs of the type #1? To me, it sounds a bit weird as a sentence in a written document. I'm still inclined to believe "when" should be "that" in formal English. Am I wrong? 02br
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0 Hello Paco 02br
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00Oddly, there is a difference in meaning: 02br
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001. It makes me angry when you don't try your hardest. 02br
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00On the specific occasions when he doesn't try his hardest, 'it' (i.e. the 'not trying') makes her angry. 02br
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002. It makes me angry that you don't try your hardest. 

0 Mr P 02br
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00Thank you for the quickest reply. 02br
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001. It makes me angry when you don't try your hardest. 12br
10On the specific occasions when he doesn't try his hardest, 'it' (i.e. the 'not trying') makes her angry. 12br
102. It makes me angry that you don't try your hardest. 12br
10Gene

0 Many, many so-called "psych verbs" take the same construction. 02br
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00"It X me when ...", where X = 02br
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00angers, annoys, pleases, delights, amuses, intrigues, irks, irritates, nauseates, amazes, offends, puzzles, scares, relaxes, worries, troubles, upsets, saddens, alarms, frustrates, ... 02br
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