Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
It
Hi,
"Some believe Greece should simply give up trying to pay its colossal debt, which
is worth 150% of its annual GDP output. That would mean it having to leave the
17-member euro group of nations." [From the BBC web site.]
What is the function of the pronoun 'it' in the paragraph? Is it a part of the participial phrase 'it having to leave' ('it' in objective case) or an object of the transitive verb 'mean'? Or, can it be a subject of a non-finite clause "it having to leave the 17-member euro group of nations."?
Thank you.
"Some believe Greece should simply give up trying to pay its colossal debt, which
is worth 150% of its annual GDP output. That would mean it having to leave the
17-member euro group of nations." [From the BBC web site.]
What is the function of the pronoun 'it' in the paragraph? Is it a part of the participial phrase 'it having to leave' ('it' in objective case) or an object of the transitive verb 'mean'? Or, can it be a subject of a non-finite clause "it having to leave the 17-member euro group of nations."?
Thank you.
Top answer
I suppose it is the participle phrase, object of the transitive verb 'mean'
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I suppose it is the participle phrase, object of the transitive verb 'mean'
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I suppose it is the participle phrase, object of the transitive verb 'mean'
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I suppose it is the participle phrase, object of the transitive verb 'mean'
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