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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Which one is correct?

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00A) Isn't IT amazing how well he plays football? 02br
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00B) Isn't amazing how well he plays football? 02br
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00A) I do not like IT when people raise their voices in a conversation. 02br
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00B) I do not like when people raise their voices in a conversation. 02br
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00I reckon the first example of each pair is the correct one. Could any teacher give me a explanation? 02br
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00Thanks. 0-
  

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0 You know well the first one in both two pairs is a correct collocation. The 'it' is what grammarians call as "preparatory it"("prep it"). It is very difficult to explain this prep it grammatically in some cases where the 'it' represents a wh-clause. 02br
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00[1] Isn't IT amazing how well he plays football? 02br
00---> Isn't [HOW well he plays football] am
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0 Thanks paco. Any teachers' views on this? 0-
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0 Hello ESY 02br
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00We are talking now the same thing. Please 05002br
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0hello there!!! 02br
00 it's my anesers 02br
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