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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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Day has dawned on

Would you correct my dictation? :

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Day has dawned on Capitol Hill. American politicians will spend to trying to reach a deal to avoid the spending cut and tax risers introduce come into force on New Year’s Day.
  

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Day has dawned on Capitol Hill. American politicians will spend it trying to reach a deal to avoid the/these spending cuts and tax rises which are due to come into force on New Year’s Day.

  • Day has dawned on Capitol Hill.
  • American politicians will spend it trying to reach a deal to avoid the/these spending cuts and tax rises which are due to come into force on New Year’s Day.
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Day has dawned on Capitol Hill. American politicians will spend it trying to reach a deal to avoid the/these spending cuts and tax rises which are due to come into force on New Year’s Day.
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Thank you very much, Mr. Mister Micawber.
And may you have a Happy New Year.

In the sentence, do we call the ‘it’ dummy it?
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That 'it' refers to the day.
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The suggested "corrections" by Mr. Micawber are not right.Emotion: no
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AnonymousThe suggested "corrections" by Mr. Micawber are not right.
Really, Anon? What do you suggest, pray tell?
Here is the caption from the web site, and it looks the same to me. The voice also says exactly these words.

Day has dawned on Capitol Hill. American politicians will spend it trying to reach a deal t

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