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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Does "it" refer to "the universe"?
If the "it" is removed, will the meaning of the sentence stay the same?
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However, many cosmologists would say that this simply pushes the question back to why the universe had just the right properties to undergo such an inflationary expansion. The existence of a universe as we know it rests upon a knife edge of improbability.
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However, many cosmologists would say that this simply pushes the question back to why the universe had just the right properties to undergo such an inflationary expansion. The existence of a universe as we know it rests upon a knife edge of improbability.
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NL888 Does "it" refer to "the universe"? Yes. NL888 If the "it" is removed, will the meaning of the sentence stay the same?
- NL888 Does "it" refer to "the universe"?
- Yes.
- NL888 If the "it" is removed, will the meaning of the sentence stay the same?
- No, it is semantically and grammatically necessary.
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NL888Does "it" refer to "the universe"?Yes.
NL888If the "it" is removed, will the meaning of the sentence stay the same?No, it is semantically and grammatically necessary.
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