BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

What does "it" refer to in this sentence?

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 27
Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:42 pm

What does "it" refer to in this sentence?

by 123nobody321 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:27 am
Hi forum,

can someone please help me indicating what the "it" refers to? I cannot find the antecedent

Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had professed an interest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native American forms in their own works, it was not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying traditional Native American poetry in native languages.


Thanks a lot in advance.

Best,
nobody
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 643
Joined: Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:27 am
Thanked: 48 times
Followed by:7 members

by vinay1983 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:38 am
I feel the "it" refers to the interest and imitation or rather translation of the Native American poetry, because " not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying traditional Native American poetry in native languages" why did they study?To imitate or translate the native american poetry.

Hope it helps!
You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!
Top
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 283
Joined: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:56 pm
Location: Bangalore, India
Thanked: 97 times
Followed by:26 members
GMAT Score:750

by ganeshrkamath » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:35 pm
123nobody321 wrote:Hi forum,

can someone please help me indicating what the "it" refers to? I cannot find the antecedent

Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had professed an interest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native American forms in their own works, it was not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying traditional Native American poetry in native languages.


Thanks a lot in advance.

Best,
nobody
"it" refers to "scholars and critics seriously began studying traditional Native American poetry in native languages"
What the sentence means is that scholars and critics didn't seriously study traditional Native American poetry in native languages until almost 1900.

Another example:

It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships

Here "it" refers to "many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships"

Cheers
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.

Kelley School of Business (Class of 2016)
GMAT Score: 750 V40 Q51 AWA 5 IR 8
https://www.beatthegmat.com/first-attemp ... tml#688494
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1