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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"There will be reservations about Mourinho at Manchester United but they have gone for the managerial default option when it comes to success. He is as close to a guarantee of trophies as it gets." (BBC Sport website.)

Are both "it" dummy ones in the above?
  

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Hi I'd say yes - when it comes to success - as close as it gets Those are both idiomatic phrases, so the 'it' does not refer to anything else in the sentence. They are 'empty' or 'dummy' Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I'd say yes - when it comes to success - as close as it gets Those are both idiomatic phrases, so the 'it' does not refer to anything else in the sentence.
  • They are 'empty' or 'dummy' Dave
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Hi

I'd say yes

- when it comes to success

- as close as it gets

Those are both idiomatic phrases, so the 'it' does not refer to anything else in the sentence. They are 'empty' or 'dummy'

Dave
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dave_anonI'd say yes
Thank you for the reply. It's been my gut feeling as well.
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