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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What 'it' indicates

Although it might make critical reading an easier task if they did, writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions.
Consciously or unconsciously, authors are pron to blending the two, as the following textbook statement illustrates:
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know whether "it" indicates "neatly separate facts from opinions" or "writers neatly separate facts from opinions."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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Although it might make critical reading an easier task if they did, writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions. "it" refers to the fact that writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions, and if they did, it might make critical reading an easier task.

  • Although it might make critical reading an easier task if they did, writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions.
  • "it" refers to the fact that writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions, and if they did, it might make critical reading an easier task.
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Although it might make critical reading an easier task if they did, writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions.

"it" refers to the fact that writers do not neatly separate facts from opinions, and if they did, it might make critical reading an easier task.

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