Is an object needed here
Hello. I would really like you to help me understand whether the object in a narrative sentence is always needed or not. For example:
-As far as she figured (it) out after coming to the school, the item allowed to get into a person's mind.
Do I need to put "it" in this sentence? Would the sentence get worse if I took "it" out of it? Could you please explain in what context the omission of a dummy object is admissible, and in what it is not. Thanks in advance!
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"figure out" is normally transitive. We do not say "I don't understand how this works. " We say "I don't understand how this works.
- "figure out" is normally transitive.
- We do not say "I don't understand how this works.
- " We say "I don't understand how this works.
- " Even so, "As far as she figured out" seems loosely possible to me.
- At least, it does not seem glaringly impossible.
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"figure out" is normally transitive. We do not say "I don't understand how this works. I can't figure out." We say "I don't understand how this works. I can't figure it out." Even so, "As far as she figured out" seems loosely possible to me. At least, it does not seem glaringly impossible. I'm not really sure why this is. It may be through some association of ideas such as "She figured
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