What "it" refers to
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I'd like some advice on what "it" refers to, in the underlined below.
Just make the trip to the vet. It's so worth it! You won't be wasting all that money on flea baths and flea collars that don't work. It's a quick fix once you get the proper treatment.
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Does the first "it" refer to "the vet", and the second "it" refer to "making the trip"?
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Hi there!
I think both "it"s refer to the "visit to the vet", if you exchange them it has sense:
"Visiting the vet is so worthy!"
"Visiting the vet is a quick fix once you get..."
Just my two cents, hope it helps you.
Have a nice day!
0I'd say that the first "it" is best analysed as a meaningless dummy pronoun serving the syntactic purpose of filling the subject position. In which case the second "it" is a kind of pro-clause that is anaphoric to "make the trip to the vet".
We understand that it's worth making the trip to the vet.
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