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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

It won't be easy coming.

It won't be easy coming.

Is this a fixed phrase or should it be 'easily coming'?

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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Hans51 It won't be easy coming. It's fine. The dummy "it" takes the place of "coming", just as it would for the infinitive "to come".

— CalifJim

  • Hans51 It won't be easy coming.
  • It's fine.
  • The dummy "it" takes the place of "coming", just as it would for the infinitive "to come".
  • It won't be easy [coming / to come].
  • Coming won't be easy.
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Hans51It won't be easy coming.
It's fine. The dummy "it" takes the place of "coming", just as it would for the infinitive "to come".

It won't be easy [coming / to come].
Coming won't be easy.

It won't be easy [doing that / to do that].
Doing that won't be easy.

It wasn't hard [finding the key /
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Thank you so much and actually the original sentence is But the two rivals' success in China won't be easy coming.

There is no 'dummy it' here, so is the sentence correct?
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Hans51There is no 'dummy it' here, so is the sentence correct?
Yes.

CJ
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