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Pructus Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
It is telling that ~
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I happened to come across the structure "it is telling that S V".
What does it mean?
And is the "it" dummy it or real it?
Some examples are below..
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That could help Microsoft maintain its dominance even while computer makers offer other software options. Still, many experts say it is telling that Microsoft hasn't made any big software acquisitions recently to bolster its position.
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The resultant decline, and in some areas even collapse, of the key indices of economic and social performance has raised domestic reconstruction to a commanding priority. It is telling that the most compelling advocate of the primacy of domestic policy is now the Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze.
,
I happened to come across the structure "it is telling that S V".
What does it mean?
And is the "it" dummy it or real it?
Some examples are below..
,
**********
,
That could help Microsoft maintain its dominance even while computer makers offer other software options. Still, many experts say it is telling that Microsoft hasn't made any big software acquisitions recently to bolster its position.
,
The resultant decline, and in some areas even collapse, of the key indices of economic and social performance has raised domestic reconstruction to a commanding priority. It is telling that the most compelling advocate of the primacy of domestic policy is now the Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze.
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pructus What does it mean? it is very important, or having a large effect more... it is showing or suggesting the truth about a situation, often in a way that was not intended pructus And is the "it" dummy it or real it?
- pructus What does it mean?
- it is very important, or having a large effect more...
- it is showing or suggesting the truth about a situation, often in a way that was not intended pructus And is the "it" dummy it or real it?
- 'It' refers to the following 'that'-clause.
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pructusWhat does it mean?adjective
?it is very important, or having a large effect more...
?it is showing or suggesting the truth about a situation, often in a way that was not intended
pructusAnd is the "it" dummy it or real it?'It' refers to the following 'that'-clause.
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pructustellingrevealing; worth noting
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If we take note of this (whatever comes in the following that-clause), it will tell us something new that we may not have noticed before.
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