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what does it refer to?
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oiseau bleu
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what does it refer to?
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WHAT DO THE UNDERLINED WORDS REFER TO? During my last visit to
South Sudan. I saw children being supported and saved thanks to the work of the
dedicated women and men of UNICEF. By helicopter, we visited Ganyiel — a remote
area. The town has poor road access, making it hard for
humanitarian workers to reach. |
16 Dec 2021
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cunliffe
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Hi, I can see that it is underlined and it refers to Ganyiel, the town. |
17 Dec 2021
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cunliffe
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Hi, I can see that it is underlined and it refers to Ganyiel, the town. |
17 Dec 2021
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oiseau bleu
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you are right thank you so much for your help |
17 Dec 2021
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class centre
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Good morning, in my book it reads ... makes IT easy for birds to fly... i presume that IT here refers to fly. As for the area in the previous sentence,IT looks like logical, but cant�t it refer to REACH? |
19 Dec 2021
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yanogator
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For your second question, class centre, "it" is the direct object of the verb reach, so, as Lynne said, it refers to the town. In your sentence, though, the intransitive verb "fly" doesn�t have a direct object, so "it" serves a different purpose. I don�t know the formal grammar term for this, but we have a construction of make+it+adjective, and your sentence is a case of this. It seems to me that "it" doesn�t actually refer to anything in this case. It just supplies a necessary direct object for "makes". My pain makes it difficult for me to concentrate. His friendliness makes it easy to like him. I hope this helps, and would welcome any explanation of the formal grammar of this. Bruce |
20 Dec 2021
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class centre
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thank you so much, Bruce! Now I have it clear :)))) |
21 Dec 2021
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cunliffe
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I was wondering the same thing as Bruce and how I would have explained it if the original sentence had read �................... , making it hard for humanitarian workers to reach it.� Lynne |
21 Dec 2021
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