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Park sang joon Posted 8 years ago
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How ~ that~

It is both hilarious and sad how tainted the company name is that it requires a complete rebranding just to stop getting flak.


I'd like to take, if possible, the structure how it is; I'd like to ask you if my thoughts are right here.


Does "it" indicate "how tainted the SP name is"

,does "that" in "that it requires a complete rebranding just to stop getting flak" have the same meaning as "that" in "he is so rich that he can buy a mansion."

And does "how" enable "that" clause to has the structure (or meaning) as "so" does "that" clause?


Thank you in advance for your help.

  

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It is both hilarious and sad how tainted the company name is that it requires a complete rebranding just to stop getting flak. This is an extraposition construction in which the dummy pronoun “it” is subject and the underlined clause is extraposed subject. park sang joon Does "it" indicate "how tainted the SP name is"?

— BillJ

  • It is both hilarious and sad how tainted the company name is that it requires a complete rebranding just to stop getting flak.
  • This is an extraposition construction in which the dummy pronoun “it” is subject and the underlined clause is extraposed subject.
  • park sang joon Does "it" indicate "how tainted the SP name is"?
  • No, “it” is a dummy element, serving the syntactic purpose of filling the subject position.
  • " Essentially, yes.
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It is both hilarious and sad how tainted the company name is that it requires a complete rebranding just to stop getting flak.

This is an extraposition construction in which the dummy pronoun “it” is subject and the underlined clause is extraposed subject.

park sang joon

Does "it" indicate "how tainted the SP name is"?

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