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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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0 01i00(1) 01font00It 02font00was easy for me to do the job.02br
00(2) 01font00It 02font00was the first time in 50 years for the husband to return home.02br
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02i00Do you think those 'it's are grammatically classified as the same?02br
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00It does't look like the same...0-
  

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0 Yes, I guess. 0-
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0 Hi Taka02br
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00It depends on what "grammatically classified" means. In many grammars 01i00it02i00is always a pronoun, and thus in a broad sense the answer could be yes. However, I sense something deeper in your question.05002br
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00(1) 01i00It02i00 in the first sentence is called 'preparatory' by ma
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10(2) In the second sentence, without more context, I take it that 11i10it12i10 11b10refers12b10 to something. Perhaps something has been said about a husband returning home and 11i10it12i10 in the next sentence refers to that.12br
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01cite10Taka12cite10About the second 'it', doesn't it rather seem like this kind of 'it' below?12br
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11b11i10It12i12b11i10 is five years sicne I saw him last.12i12br
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10Not to me.02br
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0 I agree, CB. Now we're talking about 01u00three02u00 different01i00 it02i00s! It boggles the mind.02br
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01i00It was easy to do that. 02i00("Dummy" it.)01i02br
00 It was the first time he did that. 02i00(That time was the first time ...)01i02br
00 It w
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0 Hi Taka02br
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00Some information on the most common uses of preparatory it:02br
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001. with an adjective:02br
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01u00It02u00 is 01u00easy02u00 to speak English.02br
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01u00It02u00 will be 01u00impossible02u00 to swim ac
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