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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
What "it" indicates.
Luke is the best friend and a cousin of the protagonist.
He had attacked royal family members of Amber in revenge for the killing of his father.
Even had I not know Luke as I did, It was easy to see myself in his actions and too uncomfortable a thing to judge him.
["Blood of Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know the implicit "it" after "and" refers to "to see myself in his actions."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He had attacked royal family members of Amber in revenge for the killing of his father.
Even had I not know Luke as I did, It was easy to see myself in his actions and too uncomfortable a thing to judge him.
["Blood of Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know the implicit "it" after "and" refers to "to see myself in his actions."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon It was [easy to see myself in his actions and too uncomfortable a thing to judge him]. ]. It's a case of a compound predicate, pure and simple, just like Mike [ate and drank] , but with more words.
- park sang joon It was [easy to see myself in his actions and too uncomfortable a thing to judge him].
- ].
- It's a case of a compound predicate, pure and simple, just like Mike [ate and drank] , but with more words.
- CJ
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park sang joonIt was [easy to see myself in his actions and too uncomfortable a thing to judge him].~ It was [easy ...], and it was [too uncomfortable ...].
It's a case of a compound predicate, pure and simple, just like Mike [ate and drank], but with more words.
CJ
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Thank you, Mr.Jim for your so very kind answer. 
Then I was wondering what role "to see myself in his actions" plays here.
Then I was wondering what role "to see myself in his actions" plays here.
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park sang joonI was wondering what role "to see myself in his actions" plays here.It's an infinitive complement to the adjective "easy", as in the following:
It is
easy to see (those trees from here).
easy to say (that word).
easy to do (this correctly).
CJ
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your continuing support.
I was wondering if all "it"s are the dummy "it" in such structures as this?"It
I was wondering if all "it"s are the dummy "it" in such structures as this?"It
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park sang joonI was wondering if all "it"s are the dummy "it" in such structures as thisYes, they are.
It's interesting to do that is a transformation from To do that is interesting. This illustrates that the true subject is "to do that", and "it" is just a place holder in the transformed sentence, i.e., "dummy it".
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