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SpoonfedBaby Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"whose job IT is to call..." Why the IT?
Dear Tutors,
Please, I would like to know why in the following sentence:
"The game is run by a caller, whose job it is to call out the numbers and check winning tickets. "
why do I need the pronoun IT.
Thank you very much,
Spoonfedbaby
Please, I would like to know why in the following sentence:
"The game is run by a caller, whose job it is to call out the numbers and check winning tickets. "
why do I need the pronoun IT.
Thank you very much,
Spoonfedbaby
Top answer
Well I agree with you that the pronoun 'it' does not make sense here. 'It' should be removed to make the whole sentence right. Waïti.
- Well I agree with you that the pronoun 'it' does not make sense here.
- 'It' should be removed to make the whole sentence right.
- Waïti.
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Well I agree with you that the pronoun 'it' does not make sense here. 'It' should be removed to make the whole sentence right.
Waïti.
Waïti.
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Hi,
Please, I would like to know why in the following sentence:
"The game is run by a caller, whose job it is to call out the numbers and check winning tickets. "
why do I need the pronoun IT.
Yes, you could omit 'it' and simply say'. . . whose job
Please, I would like to know why in the following sentence:
"The game is run by a caller, whose job it is to call out the numbers and check winning tickets. "
why do I need the pronoun IT.
Yes, you could omit 'it' and simply say'. . . whose job
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It's two similar sentences with similar transforms.
His job is to call out the numbers.
whose job is to call out the numbers
The game is run by a caller whose job is to call out the numbers.
It is his job to call out the numbers.
whose job it is to call out the numbers
The game is run by a caller whose job it is to call out the numbers.
His job is to call out the numbers.
whose job is to call out the numbers
The game is run by a caller whose job is to call out the numbers.
It is his job to call out the numbers.
whose job it is to call out the numbers
The game is run by a caller whose job it is to call out the numbers.
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Wonderfulllllllll
Thanks so much for the explanations and the examples:)
Thanks so much for the explanations and the examples:)
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And thxs to Clive and CalifJim for adjusting my hasty answer 
Still for some reason the 'whose job it is to...' form sounds weir
Still for some reason the 'whose job it is to...' form sounds weir
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