Subject and its pronoun
Hi Everyone,
I know I said I'd give this topic a rest, but I couldn't help but post the following sentence I found on the net.
Just because someone prefers to be alone, it doesn’t mean they don’t like other people.
I'm sorry, but I don't feel that the sentence needs the word 'it'. I think it should read as:
Just because someone prefers to be alone,
itdoesn’t mean they don’t like other people.
My two bobs worth.
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Just because someone prefers to be alone, it doesn’t mean they don’t like other people. It does require "it" as the subject of the main clause. If "it" is dropped, the sentence becomes a single clause with the PP just because someone prefers to be alone as subject.
- Just because someone prefers to be alone, it doesn’t mean they don’t like other people.
- It does require "it" as the subject of the main clause.
- If "it" is dropped, the sentence becomes a single clause with the PP just because someone prefers to be alone as subject.
- But the PP is an adjunct, and adjuncts cannot function as a subject.
- Subjects are obligatory elements, whereas adjuncts are optional items.
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Just because someone prefers to be alone, it doesn’t mean they don’t like other people.
It does require "it" as the subject of the main clause. If "it" is dropped, the sentence becomes a single clause with the PP just because someone prefers to be alone as subject. But the PP is an adjunct, and adjuncts cannot function as a subject.
Subjects are obligatory elements, w
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