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It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal.
A) It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise
B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and under her command it had won high praise
C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 and only after that did it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command
D) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command
E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Grahame's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command
I have some questions on "it" in the original sentence. Can the experts help me answer this.
1. Is the first "it" the expletive it?
2. What does the second "it" refer to ?
Washington Post?.
3. "in 1963": is it an adverbial phrase modifying "became" ?
4. What is the function of "it" in "it was under her command" ?.. Is that also an expletive it?
BTW OA is A
Thanks a lot
A) It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise
B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and under her command it had won high praise
C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 and only after that did it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command
D) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command
E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Grahame's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command
I have some questions on "it" in the original sentence. Can the experts help me answer this.
1. Is the first "it" the expletive it?
2. What does the second "it" refer to ?
Washington Post?.
3. "in 1963": is it an adverbial phrase modifying "became" ?
4. What is the function of "it" in "it was under her command" ?.. Is that also an expletive it?
BTW OA is A
Thanks a lot
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