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Lately I've heard constructions of the following form:
"The pitcher had water in...." My intuition would be to state that as: "The pitcher had water in it...." Is the "it" really unnecessary? Why is this any different from "teh pitcher had a frame on...." |
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Dan Krueger wrote:
Lately I've heard constructions of the following form: "The pitcher had water in...." My intuition would be to state that as: "The pitcher had water in it...." Yours is a good intuition. Is the "it" really unnecessary? Yes. Why is this any different from "teh pitcher had a frame on...." That expression makes no sense to me (even ignoring the typo). There's an "it" missing. -- Skitt Living in The Heart of the Bay http://www.ci.hayward.ca.us/ |
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"Skitt" answers a question:
Lately I've heard constructions of the following form: "The pitcher had water in...." My intuition would be to state that as: "The pitcher had water in it...." Yours is a good intuition. Is the "it" really unnecessary? Yes. This seems contradictory. If I'm saying this, I find the "it" necessary. But there are many similar constructs where the analogous word isn't necessary ("a woman with a nice dress on"), so I don't think it's surprising that some people would prefer not to use it here. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I don't have a life; I have a program." --the Doctor | (Michael Piller, Star Trek: Voyager, "Tattoo") |
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Mark Brader wrote:
"Skitt" answers a question: Lately I've heard constructions of the following form: "The pitcher had water in...." My intuition would be to state that as: "The pitcher had water in it...." Yours is a good intuition. Is the "it" really unnecessary? Yes. This seems contradictory. If I'm saying this, I find the "it" necessary. But there are many similar constructs where the analogous word isn't necessary ("a woman with a nice dress on"), so I don't think it's surprising that some people would prefer not to use it here. Omigosh -- I misread the "unnecessary" as "necessary". My apologies. I must have experienced a senior moment. In the pitcher sentence, the "it" is necessary. -- Skitt getting old |
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