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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
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What it means

. Secondly, what it means to play in the spirit of cricket and, finally, the specific offences to be covered by the code, the associated level of sanctions and the process for the consistent reporting, hearing and adjudication of charges brought under the code,” an ICC spokesperson said.

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What is the grammatical form and function of "what it"?

if they both are pronoun, what do they both refer to?

  

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"it" is a dummy it that substitutes for the infinitive that follows. "what" is the fused relative that means "the thing which"/"the thing that". Thus, what it means to play in the spirit of cricket ~ the thing that to play in the spirit of cricket means CJ

  • "it" is a dummy it that substitutes for the infinitive that follows.
  • "what" is the fused relative that means "the thing which"/"the thing that".
  • Thus, what it means to play in the spirit of cricket ~ the thing that to play in the spirit of cricket means CJ
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"it" is a dummy it that substitutes for the infinitive that follows.

"what" is the fused relative that means "the thing which"/"the thing that".

Thus,

what it means to play in the spirit of cricket ~
the thing that to play in the spirit of cricket means

CJ

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Jigneshbharatiwhat it means to play

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