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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
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When they did it was...

The audience barely moved, and “when they did it was in the flickering slow motion of early silent films”. (The Guardian.)

Is "did" the intransitive one in the sentence above?

  

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tkacka15 Is "did" the intransitive one in the sentence above? Yes, the phrasing is: when they did (move), it was ... not: when they did it

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  • tkacka15 Is "did" the intransitive one in the sentence above?
  • Yes, the phrasing is: when they did (move), it was ...
  • not: when they did it
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tkacka15Is "did" the intransitive one in the sentence above?

Yes, the phrasing is:

when they did (move), it was ...

not:

when they did it

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