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Tkacka15 Posted 11 years ago
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"Aston Villa are fighting relegation and have to fight hard, so that made it difficult for us." (The BBC website.)
Do both pronouns "that" and "it" in the cited sentence have the same antecedent, i.e. Aston Villa are fighting relegation and have to fight hard?
Do both pronouns "that" and "it" in the cited sentence have the same antecedent, i.e. Aston Villa are fighting relegation and have to fight hard?
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tkacka15 Do both pronouns "that" and "it" in the cited sentence have the same antecedent No, only "that" has that antecedent. "it" is a "dummy it".
- tkacka15 Do both pronouns "that" and "it" in the cited sentence have the same antecedent No, only "that" has that antecedent.
- "it" is a "dummy it".
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tkacka15Do both pronouns "that" and "it" in the cited sentence have the same antecedentNo, only "that" has that antecedent.
"it" is a "dummy it".
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The full context is this.
"Manchester United's two-goal hero Ander Herrera: "Aston Villa are fighting relegation and have to fight hard, so that made it difficult for us. They came to Old Trafford to wait and try to give us few opportunities. We kept the ball and tried to win the game through possession and b
"Manchester United's two-goal hero Ander Herrera: "Aston Villa are fighting relegation and have to fight hard, so that made it difficult for us. They came to Old Trafford to wait and try to give us few opportunities. We kept the ball and tried to win the game through possession and b
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