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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
It/that
I would like to know the meaning of "it' and "that".
(So it was that at exactly six o'clock ......)
Alice Jackson's husband, Henry, was a man of habit. So it was that at exactly six o'clock in the evening she was in the kitchen getting a beer for him out of the fridge and watching him walk up the path.
(So it was that at exactly six o'clock ......)
Alice Jackson's husband, Henry, was a man of habit. So it was that at exactly six o'clock in the evening she was in the kitchen getting a beer for him out of the fridge and watching him walk up the path.
Top answer
"It" is what some grammarins call a dummy "it", while some others, especially non-native grammarins call it a formal subject as it is the subject of the clause. An English clause nearly always requires a subject. "That" is simply a conjunction in your sentence.
- "It" is what some grammarins call a dummy "it", while some others, especially non-native grammarins call it a formal subject as it is the subject of the clause.
- An English clause nearly always requires a subject.
- "That" is simply a conjunction in your sentence.
- It has various other uses in other contexts, of course.
- CB
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"It" is what some grammarins call a dummy "it", while some others, especially non-native grammarins call it a formal subject as it is the subject of the clause. An English clause nearly always requires a subject.
"That" is simply a conjunction in your sentence. It has various other uses in other contexts, of course.
CB
"That" is simply a conjunction in your sentence. It has various other uses in other contexts, of course.
CB
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