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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2007it is not surprised or surprising?
Hi What's the difference between "it is not surprised that" and "it is not surprising that"? Thank you in advance. Mike > Hi > > What's the difference between > "it is not surprised that" and "it is not surprising that"? The first phrase is not correct English. The second is correct.  SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. >> Hi >> >> What's the difference between >> "it is not surprised that" and "it is not surprising that"? > > The first phrase is not correct English. The second is correct. I can think of some English sentences that contain the first phrase. SignatureStupot http://insignity.blogspot.com >>> Hi >>> >>> What's the difference between "it is not surprised that" and "it >>> is not surprising that"? >> The first phrase is not correct English. The second is correct. >> > I can think of some English sentences that contain the first phrase. You're right. Immediately after posting the above, I thought of examples like: "The sheep sees the women in the distance. It is not surprised that they are dancing naked around a fire. Sheep are rarely surprised by anything." Every such example, however, uses "it" to refer to some concrete antecedent. I'm assuming that the OP is asking about the indefinite "it" that occurs in statements like "it is raining" and "it is surprising". SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. |
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