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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
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Make it as a professional athlete

It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete.

Hi,

The above sounds lame to me. I tend to say " ... ability to be a professional athlete."

Am my instinct right? Thanks.
  

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It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete. It takes hard work and natural ability to be a professional athlete. Both are correct.

— RayH

  • It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete.
  • It takes hard work and natural ability to be a professional athlete.
  • Both are correct.
  • I don't see any particular reason to prefer one over the other.
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It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete.
It takes hard work and natural ability to be a professional athlete.

Both are correct. I don't see any particular reason to prefer one over the other.
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Thanks, RayH.

I'm still a bit confused. What does the latter "it" in the following refer to?

It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete.
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AngliholicI'm still a bit confused. What does the latter "it" in the following refer to?

It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete.
"make it" is a phrasal verb. "to reach a certain point or goal"
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