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Clee62 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What "it " and "that" are refered?
Hi,
Here is a paragraph from a novel. I am not sure what "it" and "that" mean.
"...I am summoned to the offices of Edmund Hyde, Esquire, to hear the details of their estate. I sit in a hard leather chair across from the man himself as it gradually sinks in that there is nothing to discuss. At first I think he's mocking me..."
Here it means the chair? or the chair was hard so it has to sink in.
And that in the case is not relative pronoun, is it? It doesn't refer to anything right?
Thanks,
Ryan
Here is a paragraph from a novel. I am not sure what "it" and "that" mean.
"...I am summoned to the offices of Edmund Hyde, Esquire, to hear the details of their estate. I sit in a hard leather chair across from the man himself as it gradually sinks in that there is nothing to discuss. At first I think he's mocking me..."
Here it means the chair? or the chair was hard so it has to sink in.
And that in the case is not relative pronoun, is it? It doesn't refer to anything right?
Thanks,
Ryan
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When something "sinks in" it means you gradually realize the truth about something. The "it" is just the situation. "
- When something "sinks in" it means you gradually realize the truth about something.
- The "it" is just the situation.
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When something "sinks in" it means you gradually realize the truth about something.
The "it" is just the situation.
You can read this as "and I finally realize that..."
The "it" is just the situation.
You can read this as "and I finally realize that..."
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