ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: corrections a

Clive — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:02:45 GMT

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

Neeraj Jain — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:12:40 GMT

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.

Clive — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:54:55 GMT

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.

(D) They helped her a lot.

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

Best wishes, Clive

Vincent Teo — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:06:22 GMT

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.

(D) They helped her very much.

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