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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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this or it

please tell me the diffrence between this and it . but my English text says,"When I finish reading this book, I will have read it three times" It sounds weird to me,maybe the speaker has the book in his hand.I thought "it" doesn't refer to something near you.Do you use "it" to refer to something like this?Sorry I can't explain well.
thanks in advance.
  

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Your sentence is correctly stated. The it in question has nothing to do with proximity; that is the job of t his and that . [ You might let me know what the book is, as I am compiling a list of books that people have read three or more times.

— Philip

  • Your sentence is correctly stated.
  • The it in question has nothing to do with proximity; that is the job of t his and that .
  • [ You might let me know what the book is, as I am compiling a list of books that people have read three or more times.
  • My personal contributions include A Prayer for Owen Meany , The Poisonwood Bible , and Middlesex .
  • ]
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Your sentence is correctly stated. The it in question has nothing to do with proximity; that is the job of this and that. [ You might let me know what the book is, as I am compiling a list of books that people have read three or more times. My personal contributions include A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Poisonwood Bible, and Middlesex. ]
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AnonymousI thought "it" doesn't refer to something near you.
No. That's not true. "it" means "the ____", where the blank is filled with something you've already mentioned.

When I finish reading this book, I will have read [it / the book] three times.
Here is some money. Don't spend [it / the money] all in one day.
There is a big spoon in th
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I rarely read books three or more times...except comic books,and I don't feel like reading again a book just after I finish reading it.
I wish someday I came across a book like that.
Thank you:D
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Now I've got it!Thank you Emotion: smile
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