With or without IT?

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Jesusengland

#462215 Wed, 09 Jan 08 01:24 PM

Hello.

With or without IT?

- The did it in a way that I had never seen (IT?) before.

- We make it move in the way that we want (IT?) to.

Thank you very much for attention.

Jesusengland

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Mister Micawber

#462228 Wed, 09 Jan 08 01:32 PM

No it in the first; it is optional in the second.

Mister Micawber

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Delmobile

#462236 Wed, 09 Jan 08 01:43 PM

Mr. M, I think the meaning might be unclear in the second sentence without the "it."

"I love my new Yoga Barbie; I can make her move in the way that I want to."

"It's time to recharge my Roomba robot vacuum. The remote control lets me make it move in the way that I want it to."

Delmobile

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Jesusengland

#462291 Wed, 09 Jan 08 03:41 PM

Hello.

I can´t understand well the difference in your sentences. Why do you use "IT" in the second sentence and no in the first one?

Thanks.

Jesusengland

Delmobile

#462298 Wed, 09 Jan 08 04:00 PM

"I love my new Yoga Barbie; I can make her move in the way that I want to."

I can make Yoga Barbie move in a way that I would like to copy with my own body. She can move in the way that I want to.

"It's time to recharge my Roomba robot vacuum. The remote control lets me make it move in the way that I want it to."

I can make the Roomba move where I want it to go. I have no wish to copy its movements.

We make it move in the way that we want (IT?) to.

I was afraid this sentence could have two meanings with and without the "it."

Let's change "move" to "dance."

We can make it dance in the way that we want to. (We wish we could dance the way "it" does.)

We can make it dance in the way that we want it to. (We enjoy sitting around and watching "it" dance just the way we want it to.)

Delmobile