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Vincent Teo  +  426853 Thu, 04 Oct 07 05:06 AM

Can I say,

(A)   I wanted to buy some reference books because I would have a trial exam soon.

(B)   I wanted to buy some reference books because the exam was coming soon.

(C)   She realized it was her schoolmate.

(D)   They helped her very much.

(E)    She realized a girl who had fainted was my classmate.

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Clive  +  426864 Thu, 04 Oct 07 05:54 AM

Hi,

A)   I wanted to buy some reference books because I was going to have an exam soon.

(B)   I wanted to buy some reference books because the exam was coming soon.

(C)   She realized it was her schoolmate.

(D)   They helped her a lot.

(E)    She realized a girl who had fainted was my classmate.

Best wishes, Clive 
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Neeraj Jain  +  426881 Thu, 04 Oct 07 07:12 AM
 Clive wrote:

Hi,

(C)   She realized it was her schoolmate.

(E)    She realized a girl who had fainted was my classmate.

Best wishes, Clive 

Hi Clive,

Regarding sentence c, i guess that "it" is used for only non-living objects.

Can the sentence e be rephrased as "She realized that a girl who had fainted was my classmate" to bring more clarity.
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Clive  +  426984 Thu, 04 Oct 07 02:02 PM

Hi,

C)   She realized it was her schoolmate.

(E)    She realized a girl who had fainted was my classmate.

Regarding sentence c, i guess that "it" is used for only non-living objects.

Can the sentence e be rephrased as "She realized that a girl who had fainted was my classmate" to bring more clarity.

C is fine and clear the way I wrote it. It's standard and correct usage to use 'it' to refer to a person that you are identifying..

eg Q-  Who is it?         A- It's Tom. 

eg A blonde woman came into the room. It was Mary.

Best wishes, Clive

 
Clive
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