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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
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What took you so long
"It took me 3 hours to reach the airport."
In this sentence, I think "It" is an "anticipatory it" and it refers to "to reach the airport".
So that means "to reach the airport" took me 3 hours.
But then, how can we explain the following sentence :
"What took you so long to reach the airport ?"
The question seems to answer the question itself.
In this sentence, I think "It" is an "anticipatory it" and it refers to "to reach the airport".
So that means "to reach the airport" took me 3 hours.
But then, how can we explain the following sentence :
"What took you so long to reach the airport ?"
The question seems to answer the question itself.
Top answer
"In this sentence, I think "It" is an "anticipatory it" "It" is a dummy subject in that sentence. other examples... It is raining again.
- "In this sentence, I think "It" is an "anticipatory it" "It" is a dummy subject in that sentence.
- other examples...
- It is raining again.
- It is too bad John couldn't be here.
- So that means "to reach the airport" took me 3 hours.
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Debpriya De"It took me 3 hours to reach the airport."In this sentence, I think "It" is an "anticipatory it"
"It" is a dummy subject in that sentence.
other examples...
It is raining again.
It is too bad John couldn't be here.
'and it refers to "to reach the airport".So that means "to reach the airport" took me 3 hours.
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