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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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It gets crowded there

1i00.. No, it's just that the side entrance is pretty small and 01b00it02b00 gets crowded there at peak hours.02i02br
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00Where does 01b01i00it02i00 02b00refer?02br
00I think 01b01i00it02i00 02b00could refer to 01i00the side entrance02i00 or nothing. 02br
00Thanks02br
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0My try: 02br
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00It refers to the side entrance.0-
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0 Thanks, Doll.02br
00I thought 'it' means 'the situation'. 02br
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00If this sentence doesn't have 'there' like 'it gets crowded at peak hours,' I certainly would have assumed 'it' refers to the side entrance. 02br
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00From your explanation, is 'there' optional?0-
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0I would still make the same comment but that doesn't mean that another person will not say something else. 02br
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00edit: I tought about other possibilities what "it" might be but I couldn't find. If it is something else, I will learn with you here.0-
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0I think both intepretations are correct. The speaker mightmean one thing but it's interpreted as another. 02br
00It could also be a dummy "it", actually, that's my interpretation. Whichever you choose, the meaning is clear and intact, in my opinion.0-
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