What color is your house?

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It is blue.  Is 'It' the pronoun of color or house?

Odessa Dawn · Accepted Answer

"it" refers to "house," I think.

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymous It is blue. Is 'It' the pronoun of color or house?

"my house".

The question is about your house, so the full answer would be "My house is blue". "it" replaces "my house" when you pronomialize the full answer to form "It is blue".

Even if the reference were to the color, the replacement (it)would be for the entire expression "The color of my house", so the house comes into it one way or another regardless of how you analyze it.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Anonymous It is blue. Is 'It' the pronoun of color or house?

blue is an adjective here and, as such, cannot be substituted with the pronoun It.

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymousblue is an adjective here and, as such, cannot be substituted with the pronoun It.

Nobody is substituting "it" for "blue" in the sentence "It is blue". That would result in "It is it".

The question was whether "It is blue" means "The house is blue" or "The color is blue".

The unfortunate coincidence that makes this a puzzle is that in these sentences "the house" really means "the color of the house", and "the color" also really means "the color of the house".

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

CalifJimNobody is substituting "it" for "blue" in the sentence "It is blue".

I see.

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