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Mantilla Posted 21 years ago
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I have only a question more.
What is about this sentence?
"With all the fuss over Google's IPO, IT is easy to overlook ITS
broader social significance."

I think "ITS" refers to Google's
but "IT" ??

Thanks again for your help
  

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"Dummy 'it'". The sentence says: To overlook Google's IPO is easy. In English, we can (and usually do) move the infinitive phrase ("to overlook Google's IPO") to the end of the sentence, like this: Is easy to overlook Google's IPO.

— CalifJim

  • "Dummy 'it'".
  • The sentence says: To overlook Google's IPO is easy.
  • In English, we can (and usually do) move the infinitive phrase ("to overlook Google's IPO") to the end of the sentence, like this: Is easy to overlook Google's IPO.
  • But this is incorrect in English.
  • English requires a subject for the main clause "is easy".
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"Dummy 'it'".

The sentence says:

To overlook Google's IPO is easy.

In English, we can (and usually do) move the infinitive phrase ("to overlook Google's IPO") to the end of the sentence, like this:

Is easy to overlook Google's IPO.

But this is incorrect in English. English requires a subject for the main clause "is easy". So we place the word "i
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