One would never know it
"The militants have lost a long list of cities and towns in Iraq — Baquba, Abu Ghraib, Falluja, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/world/middleeast/isis-ramadi-iraq-retaking.html?mcubz=3, Tikrit, Mosul and, now, Tal Afar, which the Iraqi prime minister declared liberated on Thursday — and are under attack from all sides in a desperate fight over Raqqa, their self-proclaimed capital in http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html?inline=nyt-geo. But one would never know it from the way the extremists have continued to fight, American soldiers and airmen say." (NYT.)
What does the pronoun "it" refer to in the passage above?
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Hi anon 'It' refers to the facts stated in the previous sentence: - One would never know [ that the militants have lost a long list of cities and towns and are in a desperate fight over Raqqa ] from the way ... Regards, Dave
- Hi anon 'It' refers to the facts stated in the previous sentence: - One would never know [ that the militants have lost a long list of cities and towns and are in a desperate fight over Raqqa ] from the way ...
- Regards, Dave
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Hi anon
'It' refers to the facts stated in the previous sentence:
- One would never know [that the militants have lost a long list of cities and towns and are in a desperate fight over Raqqa] from the way ...
Regards, Dave
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