OG 12the edition Question 3 , use of it .

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OG 12the edition Question 3 , use of it .

by baladon99 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:38 pm
Question 3 )

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,until almost 1900, scholars and critics did not begin seriously to study traditional Native American poetry in native languages.

The official answer : option E ) it was not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying .

Can anyone tell me where does "it" in the above answer refer to ? In my opinion "it" can refer to either a noun or a pronoun. I don't think "it" does that in the above example. Please clarify .

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by atulmangal » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:19 pm
baladon99 wrote:Question 3 )

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,until almost 1900, scholars and critics did not begin seriously to study traditional Native American poetry in native languages.

The official answer : option E ) it was not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying .

Can anyone tell me where does "it" in the above answer refer to ? In my opinion "it" can refer to either a noun or a pronoun. I don't think "it" does that in the above example. Please clarify .

Thanks

Bala
This is what u call "INTRODUCTORY IT"

For example, "It is raining"

In your sentence, The clause starting with "Although" is a dependent clause and therefore we require an independent clause after
"OWN WORKS," to make a complete sentence
so here IT is acting as a subject introducing an Independent clause.

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