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Teal lime Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

What Went Right, and What It Got Wrong

The following headline is taken from The New York Times:

50 Years of Affirmative Action: What Went Right, and What It Got Wrong

My question is this:

What does "it" refer to?

Thank you.

  

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teal lime What does "it" refer to? affirmative action The headline suffers from a lack of parallelism. We expect What It Got Right and What It Got Wrong or What Went Right and What Went Wrong CJ

  • teal lime What does "it" refer to?
  • affirmative action The headline suffers from a lack of parallelism.
  • We expect What It Got Right and What It Got Wrong or What Went Right and What Went Wrong CJ
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teal limeWhat does "it" refer to?

affirmative action

The headline suffers from a lack of parallelism. We expect

What It Got Right and What It Got Wrong

or

What Went Right and What Went Wrong

CJ

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