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Stenka25 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What is it stand for?
In the below sentence, the underlined "it" seems a bit hard to figure out.
In one way, it seems to indicate the room, and in the other, it seems a phrase 'at it' as in "My neighbors are always arguing, and they were at it again last night."
Can you tell me what it is?
It was dark in the room and the glare from the computer screen provided the only light within the room. Roy Davidson glanced at the illuminated face of his watch and saw that it was 2:00 a.m. He'd been at it for hours and his back screamed from the punishment he had subjected it to, sitting on that blasted hard wooden chair.
In one way, it seems to indicate the room, and in the other, it seems a phrase 'at it' as in "My neighbors are always arguing, and they were at it again last night."
Can you tell me what it is?
It was dark in the room and the glare from the computer screen provided the only light within the room. Roy Davidson glanced at the illuminated face of his watch and saw that it was 2:00 a.m. He'd been at it for hours and his back screamed from the punishment he had subjected it to, sitting on that blasted hard wooden chair.
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the arguing... again last night. In the second sentence, the antecedent of "it" is a little less obvious and has to be inferred.
- the arguing...
- again last night.
- In the second sentence, the antecedent of "it" is a little less obvious and has to be inferred.
- It is his work (or play---or whatever he was doing) on the computer that Roy had been "at" for hours.
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In the first sentence "it" in "at it" means arguing, i.e., the neighbors had been at "it"...the arguing... again last night.
In the second sentence, the antecedent of "it" is a little less obvious and has to be inferred. It is his work (or play---or whatever he was doing) on the computer that Roy had been "at" for hours. You could more formally word it as, "He had been working for hour
In the second sentence, the antecedent of "it" is a little less obvious and has to be inferred. It is his work (or play---or whatever he was doing) on the computer that Roy had been "at" for hours. You could more formally word it as, "He had been working for hour
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