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Sgofpl Posted 18 years ago
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Pronoun Reference
Hello Teachers,
Can someone help me to understand why "it" can't refer to earth or settlement as it is refering to Madagascar?
Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna
Thanks
Can someone help me to understand why "it" can't refer to earth or settlement as it is refering to Madagascar?
Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna
Thanks
Top answer
Probably, because the subject of the first clause is "Madagascar".
- Probably, because the subject of the first clause is "Madagascar".
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Probably, because the subject of the first clause is "Madagascar".
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Hi,
Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.
I'd say it's a matter of semantics, ie that's the way the sentence seems to make sense to us. You could reword it, without changing the meaning, as
Because
Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.
I'd say it's a matter of semantics, ie that's the way the sentence seems to make sense to us. You could reword it, without changing the meaning, as
Because
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