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Adonis1013 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
The pronoun question.
Hi,
It has taken me a lot of time to figure out the meaning of the pronoun "it" in the words in bold. Could you tell me what these "it" refer to? Thank you
It was a very old book. My grandfather once said that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. I turned the pages and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to on a screen, you know. When they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time. “What ‘s it about?” “school.”
Thanks,
It has taken me a lot of time to figure out the meaning of the pronoun "it" in the words in bold. Could you tell me what these "it" refer to? Thank you
It was a very old book. My grandfather once said that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. I turned the pages and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to on a screen, you know. When they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time. “What ‘s it about?” “school.”
Thanks,
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The bolded its refer to "the page before."
(There are some other problems with the entire passage, but if it's not your writing, don't worry about them.)
(There are some other problems with the entire passage, but if it's not your writing, don't worry about them.)
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Dear Gammar,
Do you mean all of the pronoun "it" refer to the page? If so, that paragraph sounds a little bit strange.
Thanks,
Do you mean all of the pronoun "it" refer to the page? If so, that paragraph sounds a little bit strange.
Thanks,
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