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Derevenshina Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Passive with "it"

I'm really curious if it is correct and natural to form sentences like this:

"It's written about you in the book" instead of "they's written about you in the book"

  

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Derevenshina "It's written about you in the book" That is grammatically fine, but I suspect it does not mean what you think it does. The book contains reference to some aspect of you. Derevenshina "they's written about you in the book" You do hear illiterate people say things like this.

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  • Derevenshina "It's written about you in the book" That is grammatically fine, but I suspect it does not mean what you think it does.
  • The book contains reference to some aspect of you.
  • Derevenshina "they's written about you in the book" You do hear illiterate people say things like this.
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Derevenshina"It's written about you in the book"

That is grammatically fine, but I suspect it does not mean what you think it does. The book contains reference to some aspect of you.

Derevenshina"they's written about you in the book"

You do hear illiterate people say things like this. I seems to be an ungrammatical

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Derevenshina"they's written about you in the book"

Oh no! That is very bad grammar.

They wrote this about you in the book.

It's written about you in the book that you have dyslexia.

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