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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
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it/this
Hi
Please help me with this.
The man carried himself with such a sense of decency that everyone in the neighborhood admired him. This had a great impact on me.
Can we use it in the place of this?
Please help me with this.
The man carried himself with such a sense of decency that everyone in the neighborhood admired him. This had a great impact on me.
Can we use it in the place of this?
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vsuresh Can we use it in the place of this? Yes, but in my opinion that won't make the sentence better. In fact I hesitate to say 'yes'.
- vsuresh Can we use it in the place of this?
- Yes, but in my opinion that won't make the sentence better.
- In fact I hesitate to say 'yes'.
- It's just a bit strange to my ear.
- The substitution of "that" is more likely.
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vsureshCan we use it in the place of this?Yes, but in my opinion that won't make the sentence better. In fact I hesitate to say 'yes'. It's just a bit strange to my ear. The substitution of "that" is more likely.
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