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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
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It's better that you don't know.
A: I can’t see the point of smoking.
B: It's better that you don't know.
I was wondering if 'It' here refers to the point of smoking or 'It' is a fake subject and 'that you don't know' is a real subject?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
B: It's better that you don't know.
I was wondering if 'It' here refers to the point of smoking or 'It' is a fake subject and 'that you don't know' is a real subject?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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"It" is a placeholder for "the situation." "The point of smoking" is the understood object of "know."
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Thank you so much and then don't we write 'it' (the point of smoking) after 'know' like 'It is better that you don't know it' or the it is omitted?
And 'It (the food) is ready that you eat' is okay to use?
I know that 'It (the food) is ready to eat' is okay to use?
What do you think? Thank you so much!
And 'It (the food) is ready that you eat' is okay to use?
I know that 'It (the food) is ready to eat' is okay to use?
What do you think? Thank you so much!
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"It's better that you don't know" is a formula for speaking about a situation. In more specific situations, you could use the object.
A: Tell me the combination to the safe.
B: It's better that you don't know it.
There's not much else one normally does with food that's ready other than eat it.
A: When's dinner?
B: It's ready now.
A: Tell me the combination to the safe.
B: It's better that you don't know it.
There's not much else one normally does with food that's ready other than eat it.
A: When's dinner?
B: It's ready now.
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