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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,
Please teach me !
My sentences: ( I visited my aunt in England. I liked it there. )
Why do I have to use IT after the word LIKE ? I´d like to say: I liked there.
Thank you a lot !
Please teach me !
My sentences: ( I visited my aunt in England. I liked it there. )
Why do I have to use IT after the word LIKE ? I´d like to say: I liked there.
Thank you a lot !
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Because 'there' is an adverb, not a noun (or pronoun), and 'like requires an object (a noun or pronoun). You can say these: I visited my aunt in England. I liked it.
- Because 'there' is an adverb, not a noun (or pronoun), and 'like requires an object (a noun or pronoun).
- You can say these: I visited my aunt in England.
- I liked it.
- I visited my aunt in England.
- I liked it there.
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Because 'there' is an adverb, not a noun (or pronoun), and 'like requires an object (a noun or pronoun). You can say these:
I visited my aunt in England. I liked it.
I visited my aunt in England. I liked it there.
But you cannot say
(X) I visited my aunt in England. I liked there.
I visited my aunt in England. I liked it.
I visited my aunt in England. I liked it there.
But you cannot say
(X) I visited my aunt in England. I liked there.
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