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Maple Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

it was only to fill it with himself

This is a paragraph from a little essay I was reading. My concern is the last sentence.

Dorothy, your eyes see deep down, important things. Your ears hear silent things, your world is set to music. Oh, if God left something out of you, it was only to fill it with himself.

My question:

What do(es) the red and the green it refer to respectively?

Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

First it -- the action of "leaving something out of you" Second it -- the "something".

— Ant_222

  • First it -- the action of "leaving something out of you" Second it -- the "something".
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  First it -- the action of "leaving something out of you"      Second it -- the "something".
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Hi Maple
Eight percent of men are colour blind, to an extent. I never knew I was one of them! I see nothing red in your post, though. The first it is a typical English phenomenon that means nothing. It's just a dummy subject. The green it must logically refer to your world.
Other examples of a dummy if:
It's six o'clock.
It's too cold.
It's five kil
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Hi, CB

The first it is in red. I guess maybe sth wrong with your browser.

Thank you!

The last word himself means ***?
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Cool Breeze:      Dummy "it" you call it...      What if I rephrase that sentece: "... it was done only to fill    it with himself"?    Anton
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Hi, again, CB

Since you grammar guy is around. Could I ask one more question?Emotion: smile

What do the red and th
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Maple:        Hope you don't mind if I try to answer you last questions:      The only right choice is:    "What do the red and the green it refer to respectively?"    (and I think you don't need "respectively"...)      And, yes, himself refers to Himself.
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Ant_222
Maple:

  Hope you don't mind if I try to answer you last questions:

Any comments are welcome! And thanks for joining my discussions!
Ant_222
  The only right choice is:
  "What do the red and the green it refer to respectively?"
  (and I think you don't need "respectively"...)

  A
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MapleOh, if *** left something out of you, it was only to fill it with himself.
The intended meaning is
Oh, if *** left something out of you, [***'s act of leaving something out of you] was only to fill [the space in you that re
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10How would you reword the original sentence "01i00If *** left something out of you,01b00 01font00it02font02b01font00 02font
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0Possible rewording:02br
01i00If *** left something out of you, it was only to fill the space with Himself. 02i02br
00<>Pathological - not working right; defective; sick! So, a problem example, yes!02br
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00<>01i00It's not for the faint of heart = It's not for the faint-hearted.02i00 Yes.02br
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