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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

What does "it" mean?

0Hi!02br
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00When I was reading my book, I found the line below.02br
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00"Acting is 01font00all about02font00 revealing 01font00what 02font01font01b00it02b02font00 means to be human." Cate Blanchett says in it.02br
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00Although I know what "01font00all about02font00" means and "01font00what02font00" means "the thing that", I'm not quite sure where "01font01b00it02b02font00"00 relates to.02br
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00Honestly, I hava no idea about "01font01b00it02b02font00".02br
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00Please help me under stand "01b01font00it02font02b00".0-
  

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0 Hi Liveinjapan02br 02br 00English syntax normally requires a subject for a clause. 01i 00It02i 00 is the subject of the clause but it doesn't really mean anything. 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB0-

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0 Hi Liveinjapan02br
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00English syntax normally requires a subject for a clause. 01i00It02i00 is the subject of the clause but it doesn't really mean anything. Some grammarians call it a preparatory 01i00it02i00.02br
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01i00It02i00 costs a lot of money to bu
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0Hi, Cool Breeze. 02br
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00Thank you for helping me.02br
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00Now it's clear! Perfectly!02br
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00I'll call it a preparatory 01i00it 02i00too.02br
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00You helped me a lot!02br
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00Thanks.0-
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