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Gastón Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"It's surprising that she's here." (Another question)

Hi everybody. I want to ask you another question according to the sentence "It's surprising that she's here."

Why the anticipatory It can't be considered as an antecedent of the (hypothetical) "relative pronoun" that?
  

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Gastón Why can't the anticipatory "it" can't be considered as an antecedent of the (hypothetical) "relative pronoun" that? In English "it" is never used as an antecedent. For example, you can't say I found it that I was looking for .

— CalifJim

  • Gastón Why can't the anticipatory "it" can't be considered as an antecedent of the (hypothetical) "relative pronoun" that?
  • In English "it" is never used as an antecedent.
  • For example, you can't say I found it that I was looking for .
  • CJ
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GastónWhy can't the anticipatory "it" can't be considered as an antecedent of the (hypothetical) "relative pronoun" that?
In English "it" is never used as an antecedent. For example, you can't say I found it that I was looking for.

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Please don't duplicate questions, Gastón. You have already asked that question here, , a more logical place.
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Sorry, fivejedjon. I just considered it a different question so I opened a new thread. Now I know for the next time. Thank you.
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