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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What does 'it' refer to in this sentence?

'There was nothing else to do but to swim after him and take my luck with the sharks. So I opened my clasp-knife and put it in my mouth, and took off my my clothes and waded in'.

what or who does 'it' refer to?
  

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Hi, My clasp-knife. ) Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, My clasp-knife.
  • ) Clive
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Hi,



My clasp-knife. (It means I held it between my teeth.)



Clive
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The knife. Presumably it is held in the teeth so as to keep the hands free for swimming.
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I think it refers to a thing, the object "clasp-knife" but I'm not sure.
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