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Hotmale Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

from (it/its)being

Hello,

I'm not sure whether my sentence required "it" or "its". Can you please advise me on this? And first of all, do I need anything in the gap?
I would leave it as it is.

"Apart from ___ being a personal matter, it was too early to reaveal it to the public."

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Hotmale I'm not sure whether my sentence required "it" or "its". 'Its' is the formal form; 'it' is informal. Hotmale do I need anything in the gap?

— Mister Micawber

  • Hotmale I'm not sure whether my sentence required "it" or "its".
  • 'Its' is the formal form; 'it' is informal.
  • Hotmale do I need anything in the gap?
  • Yes, because the first following 'it' does not refer to the personal matter.
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HotmaleI'm not sure whether my sentence required "it" or "its".
'Its' is the formal form; 'it' is informal.
Hotmaledo I need anything in the gap?
Yes, because the first following 'it' does not refer to the personal matter.
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Mister Micawber Yes, because the first following 'it' does not refer to the personal matter.
I'm sorry, I don't understand this part
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In order for 'being' to exist without an explicit subject, its implicit subject must be the same as that of the main clause. However, the subject of the main clause ('it was too early') is not the subject of 'being'.
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