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Teo Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Does "it" refer to the dog or the leash?

The dog turned as I snatched at the leash and caught it.

The above sentence is quoted from Longman Advanced American Dictionary (page 1376).

Does "it" refer to the dog or the leash?

  

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Teo Does "it" refer to the dog or the leash? To be frank, you'll have to ask the person who said that to be absolutely sure. I imagine that most people would think "it" is the leash, however, since we usually talk about catching the thing we have snatched at (and not the thing which has turned).

  • Teo Does "it" refer to the dog or the leash?
  • To be frank, you'll have to ask the person who said that to be absolutely sure.
  • I imagine that most people would think "it" is the leash, however, since we usually talk about catching the thing we have snatched at (and not the thing which has turned).
  • Consider also that maybe the dog turned and caught the leash (or something else not even mentioned) as I snatched at the leash.
  • You could have asked about that as well.
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TeoDoes "it" refer to the dog or the leash?

To be frank, you'll have to ask the person who said that to be absolutely sure.

I imagine that most people would think "it" is the leash, however, since we usually talk about catching the thing we have snatched at (and not the thing which has turned).

Consider also that maybe the dog turned and caught

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