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Kl004535 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

It, that & this

1. Was that a bit of a gaffe then, starting to eat before everyone else had been served?



Shouldn't prepartory "it" be used in this sentence to represent the gerund at the end?



I am a little bit of confused because only "it" can be prepartory, whereas both 'this' and 'that' cannot.



Thank you so much.

Good day everyone.



  

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These are all possible: Was it a bit of a gaffe then, starting to eat before everyone else had been served? Was that a bit of a gaffe then, starting to eat before everyone else had been served? Was this a bit of a gaffe then, starting to eat before everyone else had been served?

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These are all possible:

Was it a bit of a gaffe then, starting to eat before everyone else had been served?



Was that a bit of a gaffe then, starting to eat before everyone else had been served?



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