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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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I'd do a second job, but the amount I'd be taxed on it wouldn't make it worth my while - that's the symsten for you, isn't it!

I don't see exactly what it means. The former it is the apposition of the amount I'd be taxed on and the latter it is the apposition of the former it ?

  

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I'd do a second job, but the amount I'd be taxed on it wouldn't make it worth my while - that's the symsten for you, isn't it! No, there's no apposition here. The first "it" is anaphoric (refers to) to "a second job", and the second "it" refers to "do(ing) a second job.

— BillJ

  • I'd do a second job, but the amount I'd be taxed on it wouldn't make it worth my while - that's the symsten for you, isn't it!
  • No, there's no apposition here.
  • The first "it" is anaphoric (refers to) to "a second job", and the second "it" refers to "do(ing) a second job.
  • We understand that I'd be taxed on a second job, so doing one wouldn't be worth my while.
  • The first "it" is complement of the preposition "on", and the second "it" is direct object (a type of complement) of "make".
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I'd do a second job, but the amount I'd be taxed on it wouldn't make it worth my while - that's the symsten for you, isn't it!

No, there's no apposition here. The first "it" is anaphoric (refers to) to "a second job", and the second "it" refers to "do(ing) a second job.

We understand that I

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