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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Hate (it) that...
Hopefully, someone could help me unravel this mystery.
I have been firmly believing that "it" cannot be left out in the following context.
A) I hate it that you are always rumpling my hair playfully.
However, according to this URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That-clause , it can be an ellipsis as well in this sort of contexts.
So, the sentence will become like this:
B) I hate that you are always rumpling my hair playfully.
Another example:
I like (it) when she comes to visit.
That's where my question is. "Hate" is not like the verbs that can take "that-clause" as objects.
Therefore, I am a bit doubtful whether the "it" can be grammatically omitted.
By the way, could you tell me why some verbs like "hate", usually emotional verbs, cannot take "that-clause" as objects, whereas other verbs like "accept" can take "that-clause" as objects.
What are the main differences in their properties that make them behave in such different ways?
Thank you.
I have been firmly believing that "it" cannot be left out in the following context.
A) I hate it that you are always rumpling my hair playfully.
However, according to this URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That-clause , it can be an ellipsis as well in this sort of contexts.
So, the sentence will become like this:
B) I hate that you are always rumpling my hair playfully.
Another example:
I like (it) when she comes to visit.
That's where my question is. "Hate" is not like the verbs that can take "that-clause" as objects.
Therefore, I am a bit doubtful whether the "it" can be grammatically omitted.
By the way, could you tell me why some verbs like "hate", usually emotional verbs, cannot take "that-clause" as objects, whereas other verbs like "accept" can take "that-clause" as objects.
What are the main differences in their properties that make them behave in such different ways?
Thank you.
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As far as I'm concerned the 'it' can be omitted in all those cases. I don't see any such restriction on emotion verbs; where did you get that information? I would say that it is sometimes informal, that formal writing would see a restructuring ( I hate your playfully rumpling my hair ), but I cannot see that it cannot be done.
- As far as I'm concerned the 'it' can be omitted in all those cases.
- I don't see any such restriction on emotion verbs; where did you get that information?
- I would say that it is sometimes informal, that formal writing would see a restructuring ( I hate your playfully rumpling my hair ), but I cannot see that it cannot be done.
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As far as I'm concerned the 'it' can be omitted in all those cases. I don't see any such restriction on emotion verbs; where did you get that information? I would say that it is sometimes informal, that formal writing would see a restructuring (I hate your playfully rumpling my hair), but I cannot see that it cannot be done.
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Mister Micawberthat formal writing would see a restructuring (I hate your playfully rumpling my hair),
Do you encourage this formal pattern(I hate your playfully rumpling my hair) in academic writing?
is it called normalisation?
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I would encourage it here; I don't call it anything. Where did you get the term?
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Mister MicawberI would encourage it here; I don't call it anything. Where did you get the term?Normalization is all about changing your sentence from verb-oriented structure to noun-oriented one.
for example:
I would like to complain to your manager about your service.
We should try to avoid using verbs too much, so we chang
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Well, judging from the definitions you have given, I certainly wouldn't call it 'normal', but I understand the term now and agree with your comment.
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