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it follows that
New media can be defined by four characteristics simultaneously: they are media at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries which are both integrated and interactive and use digital code and hypertext as technical means. It follows that their most common alternative natmes are multimedia, interactive media and digital media.
Q) In the last sentence, what does "it" refer to?
Q2) What does "follow" mean in context?
Q) In the last sentence, what does "it" refer to?
Q2) What does "follow" mean in context?
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The "it" acts as a placeholder for the that -clause; it has no real referent. It follows that ... ~ The logical consequence is that ...
- The "it" acts as a placeholder for the that -clause; it has no real referent.
- It follows that ...
- ~ The logical consequence is that ...
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The "it" acts as a placeholder for the that-clause; it has no real referent.
It follows that ... ~ The logical consequence is that ...
It follows that ... ~ The logical consequence is that ...
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A) The "it" is part of the idiom "it follows that"
A2) "It follows that" means that the conclusion that becomes after the construction is a sound logical deduction from the previous argument.
A2) "It follows that" means that the conclusion that becomes after the construction is a sound logical deduction from the previous argument.
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