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Stenka25 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
What does "it" stand for?
The below is a sentence in Harry Potter Seires #1.
Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.
What I want to ask is what it stands for?
'it' seems like 'her sister and her good-for-nothing husband,' but
CAN 'it' stand for people or is there something I don't know?
Thanks in advence.
Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.
What I want to ask is what it stands for?
'it' seems like 'her sister and her good-for-nothing husband,' but
CAN 'it' stand for people or is there something I don't know?
Thanks in advence.
Top answer
It doesn't stand for anything. It's a dummy. It was raining as hard as it could.
- It doesn't stand for anything.
- It's a dummy.
- It was raining as hard as it could.
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It doesn't stand for anything. It's a dummy. It was raining as hard as it could.
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Stenka25as it was possible to be..
It could mean "as they could possibly be". Then that should fit with your reasoning.
"It" refers to the condition of "Dursleyishnes". The original statement would fit with that.
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