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FlagofFreedom Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

The long sentence

In the long sentence below, "it" refers to "that thousands more Floridians had intended to vote for Gore than for Bush." That is, the "that thousands more Floridians had intended to vote for Gore than for Bush" is de facto the subject of the clause "it was obvious from the votes that had been thrown out for errors resulting from confusing ballots and flawed punch-card devices that thousands more Floridians had intended to vote for Gore than for Bush. " Am I on the right track?

Context (the long sentence) :

The rest of November was consumed by the Middle East and the Florida recount, which was cut off with thousands of votes still uncounted in three big counties, a result unfair to Gore since it was obvious from the votes that had been thrown out for errors resulting from confusing ballots and flawed punch-card devices that thousands more Floridians had intended to vote for Gore than for Bush.
  

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[The rest of November] [was consumed] [by] [the Middle East and the Florida recount], [which] [was cut off with] [thousands of votes still uncounted in three big counties], [a result unfair to Gore] [since] it was obvious from the votes that had been thrown out for errors resulting from confusing ballots and flawed punch-card devices that thousands more Floridians had intended to vote for Gore tha
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Aperisic
I am not that good in telling how, rather I am in telling why.

Sounds strange to me. Also, Yahoo:
1,030 for " "
128,000 for " "

But it's your signature.
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Marius Hancu
1,030 for " "
128,000 for " "


The same patterns all over again

  • "not that good in telling" 7.930 usages

  • "not that good at telling" 1.460 usages
even other , walking... follow the same pattern.

Kind of a new Murphy law: "When people don’t know grammar they tend to m
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Actually this is anticipatory it (or preposed it).
Dummy it is the one we use for time and weather.

It's five o'clock. It's raining.

But I suppose both could be called empty it, although in linguistics empty usually means entirely missing. For example, the second clause below has an empty subject (an
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I thought the same first but after I checked it in it ... that is an empty subject because of that.

It will be a long while yet before the poor thing can cope. it is an empty subject

The preparatory subject is used

  • it is better to define this => to define this is better
  • it is no use
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The googles for "good in telling" are a little misleading. For instance, in this example,

1. Although we're sure your intentions were good in telling your friend about her husband's activities while she was out of town...

"good in telling" means "good when you told".

(Incidentally, I'm inclined not to share the speaker's rosy view of the addressee's intentions.)
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MrPedanticThe googles for "good in telling" are a little misleading. For instance, in this example,

1. Although we're sure your intentions were good in telling your friend about her husband's activities while she was out of town...

"good in telling" means "good when you told".

(Incidentally, I'm inclined not to share the speaker's rosy view of t
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