Stenka25  +  663424 Thu, 05 Feb 09 07:03 AM The below is a sentence in Harry Potter Seires #1. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be. What I want to ask is what it stands for? 'it' seems like 'her sister and her good-for-nothing husband,' but CAN 'it' stand for people or is there something I don't know? Thanks in advence. Stenka25 Joined on Thu, Jul 13 2006 Seoul, South Korea Full Member 242 Marriage, Relationships, Sentences

	Avangi  +  663428 Thu, 05 Feb 09 07:11 AM It doesn't stand for anything. It's a dummy. It was raining as hard as it could. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,197 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Jeannie1  +  663441 Thu, 05 Feb 09 07:26 AM   Stenka25 “as it was possible to be.” . It could mean "as they could possibly be".   Then that should fit with your reasoning. "It" refers to the condition of "Dursleyishnes".   The original statement would fit with that. Jeannie1 Joined on Mon, Jan 26 2009 Full Member 159